Browse Forums Heating, Cooling & Insulation Re: Reverse Cycle air con -- your electricity bill 2Aug 29, 2012 10:50 pm Our Panasonic 12.5 Kw Interverter usually runs around seven hours a day in winter and more on weekends which adds an extra ~$350.00 to our quarterly bill. Hopefully our heating costs will drop a bit when the remainder of our floating floors, a small amount of ceiling insulation and most of the window furnishings are installed. Re: Reverse Cycle air con -- your electricity bill 3Aug 30, 2012 10:34 am theyetti Our Panasonic 12.5 Kw Interverter usually runs around seven hours a day in winter and more on weekends which adds an extra ~$350.00 to our quarterly bill. Hopefully our heating costs will drop a bit when the remainder of our floating floors, a small amount of ceiling insulation and most of the window furnishings are installed. how big is the heating area? and what temp do you set Re: Reverse Cycle air con -- your electricity bill 4Aug 30, 2012 12:54 pm we set temp to 22C, and have bamboo flooring, good insulation, and sensors to switch off when temp is reached. also solar panels .and now a BIG bill ;-( Re: Reverse Cycle air con -- your electricity bill 5Aug 30, 2012 1:02 pm Yes reverse cycle would do that. To be honest I thought your bill was quiet good. But the solar planels may have ofset a bit of that. I Yes my gas heater all the time. Leave it on over night say 16/17 degrees and 21 during the evening. My GAS bill for 2 months was $300. I was happy with that. Because I know we use it a lot. Gas is always cheaper to run. Re: Reverse Cycle air con -- your electricity bill 6Aug 30, 2012 1:29 pm B STAR Yes reverse cycle would do that. To be honest I thought your bill was quiet good. But the solar planels may have ofset a bit of that. I Yes my gas heater all the time. Leave it on over night say 16/17 degrees and 21 during the evening. My GAS bill for 2 months was $300. I was happy with that. Because I know we use it a lot. Gas is always cheaper to run. Not bad then. had issues with using Gas heaters with kids. yeah the solar panels paid $70 off the bill Yikes - just got our electricity bill! 7Aug 31, 2012 9:29 am We just got our first winter electricity bill in our new house .... $708 ... our bill I usually $300 for the quarter but we've had a record cold winter in Adelaide this year and have had the heating on every night and most mornings ... I thought reverse cycle was supposed to be economical There are only two of us so we don't have lots of lights on etc etc .... maybe it's time to think about solar panels again For info on our build: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=43093 Built the McLaren by Dechellis - slab down 22 Feb - handover 30 Aug 2011 - and gardens finished 9 Dec 2012!! Re: Reverse Cycle air con -- your electricity bill 8Aug 31, 2012 10:05 am RC is very effecient. Its 300% effecient. However this doenst trasnlate to "cheap to run". In saying that its not that bad unless you have a small house by todays standard. If its a large 4 bedroom family home then its actually not bad. GAS heaters however do work better when the outside temp is less than 5 degrees. RC looses effeciency at low external temps. Re: Reverse Cycle air con -- your electricity bill 9Aug 31, 2012 10:25 am B STAR GAS heaters however do work better when the outside temp is less than 5 degrees. RC looses effeciency at low external temps. That would explain it - we've had an unbelievable amount of cold nights .... brrrrr - it works out at $7.76/day and the gas bill has been only $80 per quarter as we have solar hot water so we're not doing too bad I suppose ..... For info on our build: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=43093 Built the McLaren by Dechellis - slab down 22 Feb - handover 30 Aug 2011 - and gardens finished 9 Dec 2012!! Re: Reverse Cycle air con -- your electricity bill 10Aug 31, 2012 1:30 pm Mclaren B STAR GAS heaters however do work better when the outside temp is less than 5 degrees. RC looses effeciency at low external temps. That would explain it - we've had an unbelievable amount of cold nights .... brrrrr - it works out at $7.76/day and the gas bill has been only $80 per quarter as we have solar hot water so we're not doing too bad I suppose ..... hahah, its better to be in tub of hot water than to switch on AC i guess Re: Reverse Cycle air con -- your electricity bill 11Aug 31, 2012 1:57 pm Explains why so many people go to bed early and read For info on our build: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=43093 Built the McLaren by Dechellis - slab down 22 Feb - handover 30 Aug 2011 - and gardens finished 9 Dec 2012!! Re: Reverse Cycle air con -- your electricity bill 12Sep 01, 2012 8:17 am B STAR how big is the heating area? and what temp do you set We heat ~85m2, the living area to 21C, the bedroom is usually 19.5C. The house is bigger but unused room doors are kept closed. For about half the winter our air-con was using the return air temp sensor and the living area was hitting 25C if we didn't turn the unit off manually. Now that I've switched the unit to use the controller's temp sensor the temp is a stable 21C and it's using less electricity. As someone else mentioned Adelaide has had a colder than normal winter Re: Reverse Cycle air con -- your electricity bill 14Sep 01, 2012 9:10 am Ours was around $270. We set to 20-21 in the day time and 19 at night time. During that bill period we had it on almost 24/7 as the kids were sick. I try turn it off in day now its getting bit warmer How do you remove one of these ceiling air con vents? And is it possible to disconnect the duct joined to the vent from inside the house, without going into the roof cavity? 0 5947 Hi all, sorting out the ducted air con for a 350sqm double story house. Does this placement sound reasonable to you? Also, I plan to have 6 zones I think. 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