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lifetime_flamesfan · 02-13-2015, 10:28 AM

Hey there guys,

The wife and I are looking for a little insight regarding our electricity (Enmax) bill. We are at a loss for why our bill is so high every month. We did test the breaker to see if anyone was hooked in.

Just for some context, My wife and I built the house 3 years ago with Home by Avi. Its approx. 2100 sq ft with an electric water heater. We have three TV's, three blue ray players, three PVR's and two gaming systems. Our electricity bills show that we are using 1200 Kw/h (on a good month) to our most recent bill of 1800 Kw/h, and probably averages around 1400 Kw/h.

Now with that said, my brother-in-law has a house two blocks away, maybe 50 sq ft larger, same brand water heater, same age and same builder, they have two kids (4 & 7) and their usage is usually half that of ours.

When we compared one bill with each other, we had 1600 Kw/h and they had 711 Kw/h.

We've had an electrician come in and test our breaker box for abnormalities and that came up empty. I talked with the company that install the water heater and they commented that it seems as though the water heater is operating normally (didn't check it out, just based on the info I provided).

We are currently swapping in LED lights right now. But again the brother-in-law doesn't have LED light either.

Any thoughts or recommendations would be a great help and very appreciated.

02-13-2015, 10:28 AM	#1
lifetime_flamesfan Farm Team Player Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Calgary Exp:	House electricity bills sky high Hey there guys, The wife and I are looking for a little insight regarding our electricity (Enmax) bill. We are at a loss for why our bill is so high every month. We did test the breaker to see if anyone was hooked in. Just for some context, My wife and I built the house 3 years ago with Home by Avi. Its approx. 2100 sq ft with an electric water heater. We have three TV's, three blue ray players, three PVR's and two gaming systems. Our electricity bills show that we are using 1200 Kw/h (on a good month) to our most recent bill of 1800 Kw/h, and probably averages around 1400 Kw/h. Now with that said, my brother-in-law has a house two blocks away, maybe 50 sq ft larger, same brand water heater, same age and same builder, they have two kids (4 & 7) and their usage is usually half that of ours. When we compared one bill with each other, we had 1600 Kw/h and they had 711 Kw/h. We've had an electrician come in and test our breaker box for abnormalities and that came up empty. I talked with the company that install the water heater and they commented that it seems as though the water heater is operating normally (didn't check it out, just based on the info I provided). We are currently swapping in LED lights right now. But again the brother-in-law doesn't have LED light either. Any thoughts or recommendations would be a great help and very appreciated.