Our electric bill doubled this month

Ours was the same. It could be the a/c then and maybe during peak hours the cost is more?

Do you leave microwaves or any other appliances plugged in while not in use? Apparently, as long as something is plugged in, even if you're not using it, it's upping your bill. I've tried to be more mindful of that.

Yes, the air conditioners really spend lots of electricity. We bought new frequency air conditioners and it seems it can use less electricity. The old air conditioners will use more electricity and that's for sure.

What is the night temperature where you live?

Ow. That is a lot. Fans are a good way to save. Also I put some appliances like TV, Dvd Player, Computer Printer, - on a power strip. I turn the power strip off when I'm not using those - because like @AmbiePam mentioned - they took power even if theyre not on

That's why we always use electric fan instead of aircon It's expensive

This is a normal occurrence every summer since people use their ac units and fans more often to cool themselves.

Yikes. That is definitely a lot of money. Hopefully, you are able to find ways to save some money.

That's really a high electric bill's cost for the month. I think you need to balance the usage of aircon.

in your previous discussion about this a/c unit, i remember @louievill's estimate was to add 1000 pesos to your next bill. i think it's because you also use it in the afternoon, that's why it's doubled. so have you talked about who will pay the bill and how you can lower it by next month?

Maybe the aircon you bought is energy consuming kind, add to this is that electricity went up this month, even ours really went up.

I understand it's summer time now in the Philippines so it is a must for the air conditioner. If you have the timer with your air conditioner, I usually turn it to the number of hours that I think I would need. So it will automatically turn off when I am already in deep sleep. If you don't have the timer with your a/c, just try and turn it off when and if you wake up in the middle of the night to go to the toilet and then turn on the electric fan. The fan will still have the cold air from the a/c.

Air conditioning takes the bill very high.

1500 pesos would be $81.50 US dollars.My apartment electric bill has never been over $100 US dollars.

Yes, air conditioning is quite expensive when you have central air that keeps the whole house cool. Say what you will about our rain..at least the AC doesn't have to be on!

i am on a payment plan with my company

I know very well how much expensive the Air Conditioner is, this is why for the few hot days we have here, we will never buy one.

That's a shame that your account has gone up so much! It is so nice to have air-conditioning when it is so hot.

I can relate that is why when my hubby was not at home, I put off the aircon. My Way of saving.

Air con are electricity eaters. do one thing put air con and cooler togather, once air con has made room temperature cool enough then switch off air con, and see how wonderfull cooler does . this way you can achieve much more cooling with less electricit consumption