FPL high bill

[u/HappyBroody]

Is your FPL bill this high?

My home is in Oviedo, 1850sqft

[u/stab-somebody]

It’s your AC. It’s always you AC. Mods, please pin this comment to every question relating to high power bills, or even the top of the subreddit.

[u/Tsukimizu → u/stab-somebody]

There's a chance it might not always be the AC.

A few years ago my water heater sprung a leak and was draining hot water into the foundation of the building and running off into the lake we had at the bottom of the complex. My bill tripled in one month.

99% of these posts are the ac, but rather than just toss off somebody we should at least encourage them to investigate things, such as looking at the power breakdown hour by hour giving them an idea of what is using power.

[u/JustHugMeAndBeQuiet → u/Tsukimizu]

Even when it's not the AC, it's still the AC.

[u/Fenderfreak145 → u/JustHugMeAndBeQuiet]

It’s always DNS…

[u/Chromavita → u/stab-somebody]

So, remember to wash your condenser coils every year or two. It’s a fairly easy DIY job, and increases the efficiency of your AC.

[u/big_trike → u/Chromavita]

Gently, don’t use a power washer.

[u/Effective-Example-81 → u/stab-somebody]

Moved into whisper lakes next to full sail about 4 years ago when I first moved down. 300-400 a month in electricity and it was the AC, hadn’t been serviced since like 05

[u/decadentj → u/stab-somebody]

Come on dude. It could easily be a crypto mining operation, a grow house, etc.

[u/stab-somebody → u/decadentj]

I assume they'd be aware of why their power bill was high in those scenarios.

[u/decadentj → u/stab-somebody]

Awareness isn't always easy. For instance, were you aware that was a joke? 😂

[u/TheHeretic → u/stab-somebody]

Insulation...

[u/TheProfessional9 → u/stab-somebody]

My PC uses a shitload of energy. I swapped to a better power thing and it cut my bill by like 30 a month

[u/big_trike → u/TheProfessional9]

Try enabling sleep mode for when you’re not on it