What time of day is electricity cheapest? - Page 2

[moondiapers]

Originally Posted by llamalluv

You can super cool the house on the off peak hours, and then turn the A/C off (or WAY up) during the peak hours. Everything else would still apply (wait to do laundry, get a timer for the water heater, etc)

I just don't see it working. I run the dishwasher twice a day, our hot water is propane...and we have an evaporative cooler. If I turned it off during peak hours it would be almost 100 degrees in here within 30min. You have to turn it on before it gets too hot. It keeps the house cool, but it won't cool an allready hot house. BUT I stay home with children from 3-5 families so that those families can go to work. So that's 3-5 homes that aren't running things during peak hours, because I have their children at my house.

[llamalluv]

Originally Posted by moondiapers

I just don't see it working. I run the dishwasher twice a day, our hot water is propane...and we have an evaporative cooler. If I turned it off during peak hours it would be almost 100 degrees in here within 30min. You have to turn it on before it gets too hot. It keeps the house cool, but it won't cool an already hot house. BUT I stay home with children from 3-5 families so that those families can go to work. So that's 3-5 homes that aren't running things during peak hours, because I have their children at my house.

The cooling extra overnight works better for piggyback units. My aunt runs her A/C at night, and at 9am (start of peak) she flips over to the swamp. The dishwasher is run at night, after the start of off peak, and their water heater is electric.

If you don't use an air conditioner or an electric water heater, odds are you wouldn't see much in the way of savings, anyway.

[moondiapers]

Originally Posted by llamalluv

The cooling extra overnight works better for piggyback units. My aunt runs her A/C at night, and at 9am (start of peak) she flips over to the swamp. The dishwasher is run at night, after the start of off peak, and their water heater is electric.

If you don't use an air conditioner or an electric water heater, odds are you wouldn't see much in the way of savings, anyway.

I'd have to stay up all night doing dishes if I could only run it during off peak hours. Imagine 3 meals and 2 snacks worth of dishes for 10 people!!!! lol. Anyway, in our area the peak meters are only available to homes with solar energy, so it seems to be a moot point anyway. We don't have AC at all, just the swamp cooler. I am VERY careful with the amount of power we use, but I don't bother with peak times vs off peak times because I can't.

[Equuskia]

With our power company here you get screwed all day long

[llamalluv]

Originally Posted by moondiapers

I'd have to stay up all night doing dishes if I could only run it during off peak hours.

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That must be a very unusual dishwasher, to have to be monitored during use.

I'm used to the ones that you load, switch on, and can leave to run.

[moondiapers]

Originally Posted by llamalluv

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That must be a very unusual dishwasher, to have to be monitored during use.

I'm used to the ones that you load, switch on, and can leave to run.

Well it doesn't put the dishes away and reload itself. I have to do 2-3 loads a day!!!! So I would have to wait for it to be done, then unload and reload it once, sometimes twice in the night to get all of the dishes done. Instead, I add dishes to it during the day as they are dirtied, then run it when it's full. Much better than staying up all night to do the dishes.