Siam Banana Posted March 14, 2021 Share Posted March 14, 2021 Hi People, I am new here and planning to move to Chiang Mai by year end. I am looking at detached houses in Hang Dong and San Sai district. May I know what is the average cost of the electricity in THB/KWH if my usage is over 800kwh all day long. Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crossy Posted March 14, 2021 Share Posted March 14, 2021 You can check on the PEA (Provincial Electricity Authority) website, but domestic rate averages out at about 4.5 Baht/kWh. Are you really using 880kWh per day?? That's industrial level (we use about 40kWh per day total). Or are you actually using an average of 800W all day? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Siam Banana Posted March 15, 2021 Author Share Posted March 15, 2021 Thanks! I will check it out! Yup, I will use a lot of electricity with computers and servers for web development and hosting. Actually planning a related startup in that part of the world soon. ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kwasaki Posted March 21, 2021 Share Posted March 21, 2021 On 3/15/2021 at 4:34 AM, Crossy said: You can check on the PEA (Provincial Electricity Authority) website, but domestic rate averages out at about 4.5 Baht/kWh. Are you really using 880kWh per day?? That's industrial level (we use about 40kWh per day total). Or are you actually using an average of 800W all day? Hi Crossy thought just jump in with a question just started checking the farm govt 5/15 meter and it reads 3740 and 3785 per 24 hours so I take it that's 4.5 units do what would be the cost please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crossy Posted March 21, 2021 Share Posted March 21, 2021 Handy, dandy calculator:- https://www.pea.co.th/webapplications/EstimateBill/index.html# 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post sometimewoodworker Posted March 21, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted March 21, 2021 8 hours ago, Kwasaki said: Hi Crossy thought just jump in with a question just started checking the farm govt 5/15 meter and it reads 3740 and 3785 per 24 hours so I take it that's 4.5 units do what would be the cost please. As @Crossy posted the calculator. But you can’t get a sensible cost from a single day as the price per unit is on a sliding scale per month. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kwasaki Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 18 hours ago, Crossy said: Handy, dandy calculator:- https://www.pea.co.th/webapplications/EstimateBill/index.html# 140 units read on meter put in that calculator kWh worked out at 501 baht so I'm not understanding it. ???? Like you say " I can EXPLAIN it to you, but I can't UNDERSTAND it for you" ???? It the same with roofing most of the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kwasaki Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 10 hours ago, sometimewoodworker said: As @Crossy posted the calculator. But you can’t get a sensible cost from a single day as the price per unit is on a sliding scale per month. Thanks for that I just wanted to know aprox lecky cost just out of interest because it's so cheap my farmhouse electric is used jointly with the sister in laws shop and she just asks for 50 baht a month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crossy Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 29 minutes ago, Kwasaki said: 140 units read on meter put in that calculator kWh worked out at 501 baht so I'm not understanding it. ???? Like you say " I can EXPLAIN it to you, but I can't UNDERSTAND it for you" ???? It the same with roofing most of the time. Note that I didn't try to explain the calculator coz I don't understand it either ???? The calulator agreeth-not with the bill we got last Friday. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KhunBENQ Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 (edited) The MEA calculator for tariff 1.2 (applies to most households) looks fairly straightforward: https://www.mea.or.th/en/aboutelectric/116/280/form/12 (generally no difference between PEA and MEA) And 140 units/month shows 504.56 Baht which looks completely plausible. BUT: be aware that there were some special discounts during the last months. (for some or all? I lost the details) These are not worked into the MEA calculator. E.g. our "all time" record low bill for February: 197 units, 535.80 Normal price from the calculator would be 742.28 Edited March 22, 2021 by KhunBENQ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kwasaki Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 2 minutes ago, KhunBENQ said: The MEA calculator for tariff 1.2 (applies to most households) looks fairly straightforward: https://www.mea.or.th/en/aboutelectric/116/280/form/12 (generally no difference between PEA and MEA) And 140 units/month shows 504.56 Baht which looks completely plausible. BUT: be aware that there were some special discounts during the last months. (for some or all? I lost the details) These are not worked into the MEA calculator. E.g. our "all time" record low bill for February: 197 units, 535.80 Normal price from the calculator would be 742.28 What you post makes me wonder its not really a household because the meter is used on farmland maybe that could that make charges different. I want to pay my fair share seems I'll have to get a bill off my sis in law. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crossy Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 1 minute ago, Kwasaki said: What you post makes me wonder its not really a household because the meter is used on farmland maybe that could that make charges different. I want to pay my fair share seems I'll have to get a bill off my sis in law. Do you actually have a private sub-meter to verify how much energy is actually used by your bit? If so, just divide the overall bill by the overall number of units used to get a per-unit cost. Then multiply that by the number of units used by your bit. If you don't have a sub-meter for your bit, they are cheap ???? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kwasaki Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 21 minutes ago, Crossy said: Do you actually have a private sub-meter to verify how much energy is actually used by your bit? If so, just divide the overall bill by the overall number of units used to get a per-unit cost. Then multiply that by the number of units used by your bit. If you don't have a sub-meter for your bit, they are cheap ???? I haven't got one but thanks for the suggestion. I now think after the chats I'll get the bill from her and pay it all. Sis in law only has a couple of strip lights and a fan on in her open road side shop and I have fitted air-con in a sealed room in my farmhouse now which I use for about a hour now its getting into the 40's here. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KhunBENQ Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 3 hours ago, Kwasaki said: the meter is used on farmland maybe that could that make charges different. Is it used for a deep well pump? As far as I know there is indeed a special tariff for that. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sometimewoodworker Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 4 hours ago, Crossy said: Note that I didn't try to explain the calculator coz I don't understand it either ???? The calulator agreeth-not with the bill we got last Friday. There is another lecky discount. I am going to have to check our meter as the current bill is zero this is rather strange as the other 2 houses we have on our PEA application have reasonably normal amounts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sometimewoodworker Posted March 23, 2021 Share Posted March 23, 2021 (edited) On 3/22/2021 at 9:55 AM, Kwasaki said: 140 units read on meter put in that calculator kWh worked out at 501 baht so I'm not understanding it. ???? Like you say " I can EXPLAIN it to you, but I can't UNDERSTAND it for you" ???? It the same with roofing most of the time. Where is the problem? Though I think you got the input slightly wrong. I have found that the calculator is almost always correct. Edited March 23, 2021 by sometimewoodworker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KhunBENQ Posted March 23, 2021 Share Posted March 23, 2021 Got our bill today and again a subsidy (reduction) of about 200 Baht. But obviously not for all households. The meter is in the name of the (step) daughter. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kwasaki Posted March 23, 2021 Share Posted March 23, 2021 22 minutes ago, sometimewoodworker said: Where is the problem? Though I think you got the input slightly wrong. I have found that the calculator is almost always correct. Well the bill ain't the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sometimewoodworker Posted March 23, 2021 Share Posted March 23, 2021 11 minutes ago, Kwasaki said: Well the bill ain't the same. Rather difficult to analyse without knowing the amount charged, previous months, supply meter (5/15, 15/45) and tariff you are on. It’s quite possible that it should be zero if that’s the normal number of units as the free electric limit was raised to 150 units a while ago, I’m not sure if it’s been dropped back yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sometimewoodworker Posted March 23, 2021 Share Posted March 23, 2021 On 3/22/2021 at 2:30 PM, KhunBENQ said: Is it used for a deep well pump? As far as I know there is indeed a special tariff for that. There is 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreverlomsak Posted March 23, 2021 Share Posted March 23, 2021 My domestic property (4 bedroom house) in an agricultural village, i.e. about 100 houses and fields all round, averages out 3.87 Baht per unit on the meter/bill currently, we have paid as much as 4.65 per unit or as little as 2.85 per unit in 15 years here. Don't know if this will help or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kwasaki Posted March 24, 2021 Share Posted March 24, 2021 13 hours ago, sometimewoodworker said: Rather difficult to analyse without knowing the amount charged, previous months, supply meter (5/15, 15/45) and tariff you are on. It’s quite possible that it should be zero if that’s the normal number of units as the free electric limit was raised to 150 units a while ago, I’m not sure if it’s been dropped back yet. The meter is 5/15 supply. As I quoted Crossy:- " I now think after the chats I'll get the bill from her and pay it all. Sis in law only has a couple of strip lights and a fan on in her open road side shop and I have fitted air-con in a sealed room in my farmhouse now which I use for about a hour now its getting into the 40's here." Thanks for help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KannikaP Posted March 24, 2021 Share Posted March 24, 2021 On 3/21/2021 at 3:31 PM, Kwasaki said: Hi Crossy thought just jump in with a question just started checking the farm govt 5/15 meter and it reads 3740 and 3785 per 24 hours so I take it that's 4.5 units do what would be the cost please. When I was doing O level maths, 3785 - 3740 = 45 ! At 4 Bht per unit = (come on, do it in your head) Bht 180 ! Here is an Excel which may help ELECTRIC.xlsx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kwasaki Posted March 24, 2021 Share Posted March 24, 2021 (edited) 31 minutes ago, KannikaP said: When I was doing O level maths, 3785 - 3740 = 45 ! At 4 Bht per unit = (come on, do it in your head) Bht 180 ! Here is an Excel which may help ELECTRIC.xlsx 11.86 kB · 0 downloads Well I did A level mocks. ???? My bad meter reading 374.0 Same time 24 Hrs read 378.5 Left out decimal point but did write 4.5 units used. Edited March 24, 2021 by Kwasaki 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crossy Posted March 24, 2021 Share Posted March 24, 2021 3 minutes ago, Kwasaki said: Well I did A level mocks. ???? My bad meter reading 374.0 Same time 24 Hrs read 378.5 Yeah, the last digit on a 5/15 is 1/10ths, 15/45 and above the last digit is whole kWh. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GregTN Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 There is a discount that I received on our last bill of approximately 1 baht/kWh. Not considering the sliding scale charges and just on the simple math of cost divided consumption the amount/kWh on the current bill is 2.9 verses 4.1 on past bills. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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