That massive spike of 50c/kWh at the left looks tiny compared to today even though that’s already insanely expensive

  • Trainguyrom@reddthat.com
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    6 months ago

    Bruh I don’t think you understand how electricity consumption works.

    A space heater will pull a given wattage, say 1000 watts for a pretty common one. Electric heaters are 100% efficient meaning 100% of the energy going in is converted to heat, so running that 1000 watt space heater for 1 hour will consume 1000 watt-hours (or 1 kilowatt hour) and heat the space by exactly 1000 watts or 1 kilowatt (kilo meaning thousand)

    Plugging this into a electric bill calculator, at a common $0.15/kWh running that 1000 watt space heater 24/7 will cost about $100 per month

    If your space heater is so insanely awesome, please do tell me, what’s your electric rate and the wattage of the heater?

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      6 months ago

      Bruh, I don’t think you understand that heating a room is cheaper than heating your whole house. If I ran my space heater 24/7, I’d be sweating all day. If I run my central heater 24/7, my house barely reaches the temperature my room does before I turn my space heater off.

      My electric bill is ~$160 when running the central heater. It’s ~$80 when I run my space heater.

      As always, I encourage people to see for themselves rather than trusting strangers on the internet.

      Experience is better than theory, every time. I feel sorry for the people who will avoid saving money because of comments like yours.