Suggestions for reducing elec bill please.

[ericro]

@mattiloo As long as you're cleaning your salt cell regularly you should be fine but as a rule of thumb a salt cell will need replacement every 5-6 years if maintained correctly and at the correct salt levels

 

[catholic_geek]

@mattiloo Green Catch. I now average less than 10kw/day (month to 4 Sep). Has transformed my energy usage. 10kW solar panels, meaning free pool pump and free hot water. Family of 4. Why solar providers don’t include these as part of installation is a mystery to me.

 

[mattiloo]

@catholic_geek Do you think we capture enoig solar at present to justofy it?. Would have to.put it on a credit card.

 

[mark0086]

@mattiloo What's your daily supply charge and usage rate per kWh?

Lumo wanted to change our prices up by 65% so I just changed retailer - no change to our usage behaviour

 

[mattiloo]

@mark0086 Have just gone through compariwon to change retailere but onlybsaved $30 over the year, plus therevwas a $15 sign up fee. Will look up.usage costs and edit

 

[resjudicata]

@mattiloo How much energy does the pool use?

 

[optimistic84]

@mattiloo Do you have an electric storage hot water system?

Is it able to heat only at off peak times? unless you have flat rate or time of use.

If I check https://wattever.com.au/ it shows AGL offering 15 cents on solar feed, but I'm not sure how their billing works, worth a look into though.

 

[mattiloo]

@optimistic84 Yes it's off peak time. Currently with agl but will check out that link thanks.

 

[needgd]

@mattiloo Have a look at heat pump hot water tanks, they are much more efficient, there are rebates to replacing electric hot water storage in various states. It will make a difference especially if you wash with hot/warm water and its connected to the washing machine of course.

 

[beautifullycreated]

@mattiloo Has your retailer started charging more? Look at switching retailers. Seems there are some deals out there