Switch off everything and switch off your breaker. See the meter still running or not.
Complain to TNB to have a look or change the meter.
Household inverter A/C - really works?, high electricity bills
Household inverter A/C - really works?, high electricity bills
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May 12 2010, 02:52 PM
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Switch off everything and switch off your breaker. See the meter still running or not.
Complain to TNB to have a look or change the meter. |
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May 12 2010, 09:18 PM
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QUOTE(daryl.k @ May 12 2010, 03:38 PM) i've thought about doing that, only thing is it means my fridge & alarm will be out of power Alarm have a backup battery when power is cut off. It can last for at least 2days.alarm i'm not so worried...only thing is the fridge. if i go to TNB with this complaint they will layan?? seems quite far fetch they will actually send a team to investigate given the fact they quite happily accepting my payments. thanks for the suggestion anyhows...i will check the meter once reach home later. see if there's a significant rise. Fridge when power cut off can last at least 8hr. Provided you don't open the fridge door and the seal is still good. Empty most of your food before do that too will help. TNB will layan you if you have proof to show them your meter have problem. |
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May 12 2010, 09:42 PM
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QUOTE(daryl.k @ May 12 2010, 02:31 PM) now, i'm living in an apartment <1000sq ft. me and my wife. my baby kid (1.5yrs old)comes by to stay with us from Friday-Sunday evening. he sleeps with us in the same room. my appliances includes: You have many power sucker applicant. Buy your applicant according need and not bigger than you need. Check the watt usage and the star saving energy.1) Home Entertainment system 2) Fridge (LG side-by-side) 3) Microwave 4) Cooker Hood 5) Oven 6) A/C (2 x 1hp & 1 x 1.5hp Inverter type) 7) Water Pump x 1 8) Water Heater x 2 (storage type not instant type) 9) Bathroom Exhaust Fan x 1 10) Alarm 2) Fridge (LG side-by-side) --> Fridge suck power the most in your house. Don't set the temp max. Either medium or low if food not that much. 4) Cooker Hood ---> don't on all the way. The blower motor is high power and suck power alot. 6) A/C (2 x 1hp & 1 x 1.5hp Inverter type) --> set the temp 25c and set everything to auto. Trust me, you save a lot. 7) Water Pump x 1 --> What the hell you need a water pump in apartment. Ii is a power sucker machine. 8) Water Heater x 2 (storage type not instant type) --> You only have 2 person. Why need storage type? Imagine you need boil the water more than you need. ain't it waste? And if you keep on whole day, it will boil again if temp drop. 9) Bathroom Exhaust Fan x 1 --> power sucker too. |
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May 13 2010, 01:36 PM
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QUOTE(daryl.k @ May 13 2010, 12:44 PM) i cant believe bill to be RM100 or so...i originally tot that would be the case, but now, i'm paying more than RM250 per month for the past 3 months. I guess your purpose for the heater tank and the pump is to have a rain shower type instal. The invent of rain shower type is for saving water. But not in your case I guess. just to justify: Fridge - i've set it to the lowest temp since i started using it. i cook almost on daily basis (breakfast & dinner) so the size is just about right for my stuffs. Cooker Hood - only switched on when cooking..if not cooking will immediately switch it off cos its damn noisy A/C - since last night, i set it at 24c & fan speed no.3. previously 18c at fan speed 5, pretty much the max...i will continue to maintain it at 24c from now on water pump - i need a water pump becos i have a crazy big size shower rose. its 350mm x 350mm. without the water pump, cant really feel the effect of rain shower. that's why i need a water pump. the water pump has a device which will switch off when no water passes thru it. besides, i switch off the main switch after i use them. water heater (storage tank type) - 2 or 4 or 8 person nothing to do with having storage tank or not. the main idea of getting a storage tank is becos i can conceal the tank above the plaster ceiling. my bathroom is about 38 sq ft. the actual shower area is 3x3 ft. if i were to use those instant water heater type means i will have a huge enclosure inside the 3x3ft area not to mentioned those hose running from here to there. i wont be able to use shower rose but have to live with the stock handheld shower head that comes with the water heater. besides, having the water heater & all pipings concealed means i have a more surface area. and the entire bathroom looks cleaner, and bigger. again, as i mentioned, the water heater is SWITCHED OFF whenever we're done with the shower. it's never kept switched on more than couple of hours a day. i know all about the high electricity consumption of the water heater, and i do think logically, the heater will try to maintain the temp so it will keep boiling. so i make it a point to switched it ON only when we need to take a shower & switched it OFF immediately after use. btw, the 'tank' is only 35liter. just about enough for 2 person. its the 2nd smallest tank capacity in the range. bathroom exhaust fan - this is only installed in Bathroom 2 which is not used 90% of the time. the only time it is used is when my baby kid is around and its probably switched on 30mins per day for 3 days a week. now, just to highlight & update, i did a check immediately after i reach home from work yesterday. i left home for work at about 12pm yesterday, and reached home at 7pm. between then, no one was at home and nothing was switched on except for: Fridge Alarm thermos water kettle and the usage? 1KWH in 7hours. this kinda make me think that the fridge is not so bad after all. last night was a pretty normal night for both of us, the usual cooking (1.5 hr of oven & hood), clothes washing, TV and A/C usage with the exception we were out for a movie between 830pm to 1130pm. this morning, when i left for work at about 11am, the total usage was 14KWH. if this is my average usage, the meter should be reading less than 500KWH per month. so i honestly, don't know where the extra 300KWH is from. i will check the meter again after work later. and then check again the next morning. and will monitor the usage over the weekends. the high usage could be from the weekends. Boiling a 35l of water is alot for 2person. You not use whole hot boiling water to bath but instead mix with cold water. How many liter of water you are using for bath? I use not more than 8liter of water for bath. Anyway here is my example of usage: 1)A/C 1.5hp inverter --> Average 8hr with 25c and everything in auto to activate the inverter saving. 2)Combo washing machine 3000W --> 5x washing per month 3)Instant water heater with pump 3200W --> Average 10min-15min/person x2person = 30min with set at 1000W-1200W. 3)Induction cooker 1600W --> Average 30min usage everyday 4)Microwave 1000W--> Hardly 5)Mid size 12yrs old 2door fridge --> Mid setting. 6)TV&HT 200W--> Average 6hr/day 7)Server & modemrouter 70W--> 24hr whole yrs ON. 8)Laptop 90W--> 8hr min. 9)lighting--> 90% is energy saving. Std on hr everyday. Only car porch on 12hr everyday. 10)ceiling fan--> 10hr average TNB bill usage average RM65 - RM75. My main power sucker is old fridge, A/C and induction cooker. This post has been edited by ozak: May 13 2010, 01:40 PM |
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May 13 2010, 02:08 PM
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QUOTE(art6969 @ May 13 2010, 01:50 PM) i dont agree with you on no2 Can you focus clearly the second pic? I want to read your fridge power consump. My old fridge is same size as you and I intend to change my old fridge. It suck alot of power.we have implement energy efficiency (EE) on fridge with star labelling here my fridge ![]() ![]() info ![]() source: http://www.st.gov.my/index.php?option=com_...333&Itemid=1238 |
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May 13 2010, 02:30 PM
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QUOTE(art6969 @ May 13 2010, 02:21 PM) 529kwh PER YEAR Thanks. Your fridge is very power saving. Change my old fridge will help me save another few RM. which mean about RM100 per year, sound funny yeahhh but it true, i just set my fridge half power (medium), and before im went to office (about 7.15am), just looking at TNB meter, show 2234kwh and at the night when im come back, just checking at meter (9.00pm) show 2234kwh.... so for conclusion my frigde just consume not more than 1kw per day |
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May 13 2010, 06:08 PM
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QUOTE(cyanide @ May 13 2010, 05:52 PM) Bathroom exhaust fan is power sucker ??? Exhaust fan generally are higher watt than those table fan. To suck air out fast, you need bigger watt motor. Cant believe this ... Fan motor not really big watt. Unless, he leave it on for 24hrs Use your hand to feel it between two and you will know. |
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Jul 15 2010, 09:53 AM
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QUOTE(Kantao @ Jul 15 2010, 04:15 AM) 2.) The AC better setting 23deg or below, cause the lower tempeture setting the cold can be maintain, if setting above 23deg the air will warm more easy then the compresor will fully running againt to keep the tempeture u setting it. This is bcos last time my AC has problemn after using 1 year+, the tecnical guy told me. If I not mistaken, 25c is the optimun temp. And setting your temp too cold will make your aircon work harder. That not save your bill too. |
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QUOTE(am_eniey @ Jul 15 2010, 12:32 PM) See whether this black box thing is working efficiently......Due to its inefficiency, I replaced it due a small fire broke up and my electricity bill increased for a few months before I asked TNB to replace it with a new one. You have overheat wire connection there. Maybe due to loose connection or contact no good. You are using quite high amp.Pic... » Click to show Spoiler - click again to hide... « |
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