Hi Jane
You have just made me total my bill for the year
We cook with electic and have two water heaters, the bedrooms are heated with electric in the winter, which is normal only put on at night and our total bill is 2950 euro. Ok with have the B&B so i do a lot of washing i must say, but having said that our main season is june to september we dont have many guests during the winter months
Electric shocks
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Now I have the fear about the electric, and have started a new thread for energy saving tips...
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Hi
Our own villa (4 bed, 3 bath, pool pump, cooking, heating, no pool heating, no AC, 2 permanent residents, and far too many freeloading visitors ! ) cost Euro 1391 in 2005. This is the amount we paid inclusive of TVA, standing charges, etc.
I should say that someone is at home virtually every day, my wife feels the cold, and it can go below freezing here. We do washing & dishwashing overnight to get the benefit of the cheap rates. The pool runs a couple of hours overnight in winter for the same reason, but 12 hrs per day (and during the canicules 24hrs) in the summer.
Peter
Peter
Our own villa (4 bed, 3 bath, pool pump, cooking, heating, no pool heating, no AC, 2 permanent residents, and far too many freeloading visitors ! ) cost Euro 1391 in 2005. This is the amount we paid inclusive of TVA, standing charges, etc.
I should say that someone is at home virtually every day, my wife feels the cold, and it can go below freezing here. We do washing & dishwashing overnight to get the benefit of the cheap rates. The pool runs a couple of hours overnight in winter for the same reason, but 12 hrs per day (and during the canicules 24hrs) in the summer.
Peter
Peter
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When we first bought we found that all our electrical systems were dropping out at every opportunity. The previous owners had all three puissances set at the minimum allowed, “To save money� they said. It was quite impossible to run more than one major appliance at a time. How can people live that way?
After "playing" with the puissance we have settled on 18kW for our main house, 9kW for our larger gite and 6kW for our smaller gite. No dropping out any more.
The electricity is the same price; 0.045€ per kWh for HC and 0.765€ per kWh for HP. The standing charges are different; 31.38€ p.m. for 18kW, 13.47€ p.m. for 9kW and 7.50€ p.m. for 6kW.
Correction. It is 0.0765€ per kWh for HP.
Alan
After "playing" with the puissance we have settled on 18kW for our main house, 9kW for our larger gite and 6kW for our smaller gite. No dropping out any more.
The electricity is the same price; 0.045€ per kWh for HC and 0.765€ per kWh for HP. The standing charges are different; 31.38€ p.m. for 18kW, 13.47€ p.m. for 9kW and 7.50€ p.m. for 6kW.
Correction. It is 0.0765€ per kWh for HP.
Alan
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Here in Spain, many properties similar to ours (4bed) have contracted 5.5kW. This works fine for me at present but I do not have AC or heated pool. Even when I installed an electric oven and dishwasher some years back, I expected that I would have to upgrade to the next tarrif at some stage. So far there have been no problems.
I must check our rates to see how they compare with those mentioned here.
Saludos,
from hot and humid Costa Blanca
I must check our rates to see how they compare with those mentioned here.
Saludos,
from hot and humid Costa Blanca