I gave this as a gift and they said their electric bill went up $30 the next month. Anyone else find it to be an energy hog?
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Definitely not! Our electric company will provide us with a special meter that can plug into ANY device, and it shows you how much energy is being used and at what cost. They should probably look into something like that in their state. But we did not see any significant increase like that. Sorry you are experiencing such an issue, because it really is a great product, and our son and daughter have both benefited from its use. Good luck!
1443320
I have had mine for over a year and never noticed a thing. Honestly no difference in my electric bill if it runs or not and I have it running a lot. I highly recommend it!
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When we got ours, I ran it constantly and never noticed a spike in the energy bill. Depending on your friends situation, they may find that if they are running it with the cold setting it is cooling off the house then causing the heat to run, or if they are running it on the warm setting it could cause the house to warm up causing the AC to run more. I'd suggest keeping it away from the thermostat and running cold in the summer & warm in the winter.
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I didn't have to purchase a special plug. Just plugged it into a house socket. I have had this about 2 months now and have not seen an increase in my electric bill. Well, I really can't tell if there was an increase in my electric bill because of the dehumidifier, the company is raising the cost on their own. They say because of an extremely cold winter, government regulations, etc... they come up with really good excuses.
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It didn't go up much higher for me. The amount I saved on my gas bill pretty much transferred to electricity, but previously I was freezing in my second floor bedroom at night while my 1st floor living room was almost too warm. At least now the heat is where I need it to be. I was considering getting a thermostat controlled heater because sometimes I'll wake up in the middle of the night and its in the upper 80's in my room.
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My wife runs it for about 12 hours a day in our bedroom, and we have not seen any appreciable difference in our electric bill. I really couldn't put a figure on it.
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Electric was supposed to be promisingly lower, mine were not, but they may have been due to electricity rate increases last year. You should check with your utility company before buying to see it it would be beneficial to you. Ours was running 24/7 in dead of winter and our electric bill was $550/mo 1/2 of that was the utility charge just for using their company! (like we have a choice) If you live in an area where you not slammed with delivery charges than yes, this would be feasible for you in cold months.
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Hi Kim, my wife and I had the same concerns that you are having before we purchased our Duraflame. We used our Duraflame last winter and was very surprised at how little our electric bill went up. I can't tell you the exact numbers as to cost and electrical use but I can tell you not to worry about usage. Hope this helps. Bill
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We have two I was against the first but I told my husband to go ahead and buy one thinking I would prove him wrong but guess what I was wrong the first year we saved $800. That was checking out our gas bill and electric bill, this year we bought the newer model but when they started putting a limit on the gas here in Mi. We brought the other one in and run both our electric bill was around $325 we figured we saved money by running them both plus we didn't have to worry about running out of gas. In a normal winter we only run one and if I remember right the electric ran between $175 to $225 I hope this helps you we have been using one for 5 or 6 years now.
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I am not sure of the question. As far as my electric bill it went up very little and it is on 24/7.
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Our electric bill went WAY up using this thing. We live in SoCal, with those high electric bills, and found just using the whole house furnace (ours is energy efficient) and heating the entire house was much cheaper than using this piece of junk to heat a single room.
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The amount of power doesn't change if you use the tray or the hose. My electric bill has gone up about $15- $20 a month, but my basement is very comfortable to walk into. Doesn't have that moldy, musty smell anymore.
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My answer is probably useless... But I replied so you weren't left hanging. I hooked up my computer to it and set the cost for kW/h to what I think my service charges. After one month it cost me more to just run my computer than my entire cilco bill was. I am betting that is just me who did it wrong. I haven't tried very hard with it. I don't want to steer you away if you are planning on using it seriously and you are good at what you do. I would say it was of by 400%, but could have been me. THE DISPLAY IS VERY DIM.
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I can honestly say no. Although I can't put a dollar figure on it, I noticed only a slight increase of my electric bill. It far outweighed turning the heat on, creating another bill. Hope this is helpful.
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I use mine 2-3 times a week, or about 20-30 hours and I have not noticed a spike in my electric bill.
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Honestly I regret the purchase and actually donated it to a local nonprofit auction. It didn't heat the area as well as I expected and couldn't return it. My electric bill went up substantially and the overall cost of operating. Wasn't feasible for me. If you purchase one have the ability to return it if it doesn't work out for you. Any other questions please feel free to contact me.
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I don't know that I agree with him. My bills appear to be rather even in so much as my electric bill went up because of using the electric water heater, yet my gas bill went down because I'm not keeping a tank of hot water constantly heated using gas. I use gas sparingly even in the winter with heat. I like to keep it pretty cold but use electric space heater's in the rooms where I'm actually living. I live in a small condo so I was glad to have the extra space that isn't taken up by a large water heater.It gave me space for a mop bucket brooms etc. Hope this is useful to you
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Not a clue- all I know is that I downloaded because I paid for it and also am not happy with the product -it really raises electric bill.
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I use it 16-18 hours a day & my electric bill went up about $100 a month for the last 3 months....But my gas bill went down over $200 a month so it was well worth it for me. Has paid for itself & saved me about $200 in the last 3 months.