apartment electric bill?

Question

Hi,

I'm wondering how much my electric bill will be, just an estimate. I'll be living in a one bedroom apartment. The dryer is electric, i'll have a wireless router, computer always on, tv on most of the time, printer, and fridge. Occassionally we'll have the toaster, microwave etc... being used. There's no need for the a/c right now, and during summer there are many many trees all around our apartment, and it seems like that would keep it cool and comfortable. Right now it's freezing walking around the complex, but not in the apartment.

so i'd think it would stay cool during summer

Answer 1

I had a 1 bedroom apartment a few years ago, 500 square feet but kinda thin walls (could hear neighbors having sex all the time). No dryer ordiswasher but i had pretty much the other normal stuff around, tv, stereo, and kitchen appliances.
My utilities were 30-40 in summer (i kept it pretty cool) and in the winter i had it around 70 and my largest bill ever was 70...but normally around 50. I dont see your bills being much more than that. I lived in a small town in missouri, so in a larger town in another state im sure the cost is diff but generally the same.
A lot of utility companies are doing a thing now there they charge you a little extra each month over the summer to cover the higher cost in winter. My sister did that (if you ever cancel they make sure youve evened out correctly). It worked out great for her. You might want to ask them..you could probably do that next winter. :-)

Answer 2

All electric heaters are 100% efficient at converting electricity to heat. Because of Newton's first law of thermodynmics, which states that matter and energy must be conserved and cannot be either created from nothing nor removed from existence, the electricity going to your heater has to turn into heat. There's nothing else for it to turn into except that a tiny bit of it turns into motion if you have a fan (but even that eventually becomes heat as friction between air molecules). So for a given temperature in your house, you'll spend the same on electricity regardless of the type of electric heater you buy. The question you should ask is, how can you cut the amount of heat you create and still be comfortable? First off, consider a radiant heater - such as a parabolic heater. These handy heaters emit infrared radiation (that's just light in the infrared spectrum, which happens to turn into heat when it strikes a solid object). These are great for a drafty room because the air itself isn't directly warmed by the heater - only the solid objects the heater points at are heated. So you can be sitting on the couch with the heater pointed at you, and you'll feel toasty warm even as a gale blows through (well, not quite, but you get the point). Some ceramic heaters combine radiant heat with forced air convection - producing heat inside the heater and projecting it through the air with a fan. This churns all the air in your room up and spreads the heat evenly. That's good if you move around a lot. Some people think oil filled heaters are more efficient. As I pointed out above that's physically impossible. They do provide a more steady heat, and if you can place them close to where you are most of the time, they'll heat you well without heating the far corners of the room as much, because they don't have a fan to spread the heat evenly. But the best way to lower your electric bills if you have to heat with electricity is to pile on lots of sweaters, slippers, buy an extra down comforter for the bed, and keep the temperature as low as possible at all times. If you can lower it more at night, or when you're out during the day, even better (that is more efficient than keeping it warm all the time). Also, you can do things like put insulating doorjams on the foot of doors, buy cloth bags stuffed with oat seeds or beans and warm them in the microwave, then take the hot bags into bed with you to stay warm (instead of heating the whole room), or put plastic sheeting on your windows to reduce drafts and add a layer of insulation against the cold outdoors (much of the heat escapes through windows).

Answer 3

Well we lived in an upstairs apartment and we hardly had to turn the heat on.The heat from the bottom apt. kept ours pretty warm.However now we also live in an upstairs apt. with three bedrooms,and have not had to turn the heat on yet,we live in Iowa.But our central air was bad.I have asthma so we had to run it all the time our bill was around 300.00 a month but your apt.is smaller and we have about 4 T.VS and 3 computers and 3 kids SOOOO..... It shouldn't be that bad,wear alot of sweaters.We also have a small space heater we use in the A.M. for a few hours.We put it in the center of the apt. helps alot.

Answer 4

It depends on where you live. I have a two bedroom house with everything you stated only with 2 tv's and 3 people (one a teenager). We pay between $70 - $80 a month and my daughter does a TON of laundry.

Answer 5

I have a 2 bed room apt, I pay around $15-20 per month but w/ out a dryer. Which maybe you should add another 10-15 more (for the dryer).

Answer 6

in regards to the winter you are probably looking at around $ 45-50 dollars in the summer possibly $ 60-70 dollars

Answer 7

$50 bucks

Answer 8

not higher than $60 a month