electric bill
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Prakhonchai Nick
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When I lived in Jomtien 30+ years ago, my electric bill was always 600/700Baht/month. If I can get away with less than 3,000Baht/month now. I am happy.
Ivor the Engine
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Mine is usually around 1200b & like others, I (we) am out of the house quite a lot too.
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EnglishAlan
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Nomad97-I also spend lots of time o/s the house.Over this end of town,we re more aclimatised to the Isan weather!Find a/c dries up the air too much though.
From March to May,the a/con was on quite alot.
From March to May,the a/con was on quite alot.
nookiebear
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This months August up slightly, 8324 baht
nomad97
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It's not the heat that gets to me, it's the humidity. I guess my side of town is more humid than your side of town. Another factor that pushes up my electric bill is I do not drink alcohol during daylight hours. This means I do not frequent watering holes in town and I do not get acclimatised to non air-conditioned environments therein. I stay at home and switch on the air conditioning instead. That's possibly why my bill is higher than many.
mario299
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I also don't drink alcohol during the day nor do I frequent watering holes, however I am outside most of every day doing mundane things such as mowing the lawn, working in my workshop, playing with the dog, washing the motocy or truck (though not so much lately because of the water shortage), fixing things and generally just being busy and as a result I have become acclimated to our heat and humidity. Can't say I like it always, but that's what we have and it's better than what we had at times in America where I lived.It's not the heat that gets to me, it's the humidity. I guess my side of town is more humid than your side of town. Another factor that pushes up my electric bill is I do not drink alcohol during daylight hours. This means I do not frequent watering holes in town and I do not get acclimatised to non air-conditioned environments therein. I stay at home and switch on the air conditioning instead. That's possibly why my bill is higher than many.
I didn't need or use air con then and I don't need or use it much now, but I've got it if I want it. Works very well for me, because again...that's what we have here.
Yorky
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However, I do have stand-up fans one of which I generally employ should the shade temperature exceed 30 degC. It's rarely above fan speed No. 1 unless I have guests. The bedrooms have ceiling mounted oscillating fans and the lounge has two 1.00 m diameter three blade ceiling fans.
Prakhonchai Nick
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My bill just in..3,503 Baht.. Considering I had 12 air con insistent child visiting days during the period, quite pleased at the outcome.
nomad97
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We are using mains water again and our cost was 53 baht, kind of. To begin with, the bill was 153 baht. However, I noticed that the meter man had misread the meter. We had been over charged by 6,000 litres. My wife took a photo of the meter to the Water Office in town and pointed out the error. The meter man read the meter again yesterday. He explained that he did not want to reset the meter and gave my wife 100 baht instead (6 units @ 18 baht/unit). He wanted to refund the whole cost but my wife refused. My wife joked with him and hit the nail on the head. If they misread the meter they get put in the boss's black book and have to pay the boss the full cost of the bill. They also get a black mark and have to refund the customer from their pocket too. By keeping my wife happy he saved himself from being reported and some money too. His annual bonus due the end of the year remains intact.