Chiller=large increase in electric bill?

I have a 1/15 HP and have not noticed a difference at all. Of course once you start getting into the larger chillers of course your gonna pay for it?

Whats up with you guys not running AC? Here's my view on this. You go to work everyday and make money so you can pay your bills and spend the extra on whatever. Why not just pay a little more towards the bills and be comfortable after work instead of wallow in your own sweat all day and night just so you can wake up and go to work again.

I guess I'm just too old to be hot all the time and my wife certainly wouldn't put up with not running the air.

 

If you buy a large in line chiller (mine is a 1/2hp) do like I do And run it out side during the summer that way all the hot air gets vented outside. When I had mine inside the basement would get up to 80 degrees just because of the chiller exhausting warm air be sure to bring it back inside before winter

 

I know the AC around my place would cost me around $120-150 extra per month to keep the apartment around 72 degrees. I doubt a chiller would cost that much, but from what I have read it is more economical to just get a window AC unit (assuming your tank is not in a living room). That is what we opted to do and so far it is working very well.

 

I would assume a chiller will raise your electric bill especially if its a large one. I have a 210 with Three 400 watt mh. I built a canopy above my tank and vent the hot air out a window behind the tank with 2 duct fans. I also have two fans blowig into the canopy. My tank stays 77 all of the time. I havent let it get more than 75 in my house this summer but so far so good.

 

i have a 1/4 JBJ titanium that runs for about 4-5 hrs a day and my bill may hv went up $10.

 

That much for an apartment?  I'm not 100% sure but I don't think I pay anywhere near that to cool my whole house a month.
Even so, when the humidity is up on the oppressive stage $30-50 a week is a small price to pay to be comfortable if you ask me.

 

I run a 1/10 hp and it kicks on about 8 to 10 times a day for about 10 min and I would say the chiller and the added feed pump bring the bill up about $15 to $20.

 

I think JJ said his big chiller cost him about $15 a month to run

 

Sadly, yes. The central AC is 30+ years old, so I am sure that plays a large part in its inefficiency. I think we are also on something like 1200 square feet. Last summer our $200+ electric bills about made me pass out! The window AC unit seems to be much more efficient and doesn't kick on nearly as frequently as the central AC used to, but still keeps the place nice and cool. I agree it is worth spending the money not to suffer, but for me, it was a question of whether I can get the same result by spending less money in the long run. As it stands, buying the ACs with my girlfriend's Best Buy discount and paying for the month to run it end up costing me less than just running a month of central air! Win/win in my books /DesktopModules/ActiveForums/themes/_default/emoticons/wink.gif I suppose a good thing from renting is that I am slowly learning things to look for when shopping for a house down the road. Luckily, by then I won't have to worry about humidity anymore!