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Causes of High Electricity Bills in Thai Apartments


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Most aircons today are controlled by app on your phone. There there is often electricity usage stats. And if you really want to know. Install a 150 baht zigbee or WiFi electric plug that it connects to. Same for water heaters. They show live usage. Daily weekly or monthly or yearly. In the app. 

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On 10/8/2024 at 2:17 PM, KannikaP said:

This certainly is NOT in Inverter unit.

See my conversation with GG regarding EER. 3.33 per watt is pretty dismal.

There are NEW TCL 12000 BTU inverters on Lazada tomorrow for less than Bht 8000. Get one.

A bit off topic but I bought a TCL TV a few years ago and it did not last for much more than a year. So I would be wary of buying any TCL product. 

I have always done well with electrical products ie still have the same fridge freezer in the kitchen that I bought when I bought my house about 19 years ago, second washing machine, second shower unit.

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47 minutes ago, NoshowJones said:

A bit off topic but I bought a TCL TV a few years ago and it did not last for much more than a year. So I would be wary of buying any TCL product. 

I have always done well with electrical products ie still have the same fridge freezer in the kitchen that I bought when I bought my house about 19 years ago, second washing machine, second shower unit.

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5 hours ago, paahlman said:

Install a 150 baht zigbee or WiFi electric plug that it connects to. Same for water heaters.

Aren't air cons and showers supposed to be connected directly to fuse box, via a double pole switch? Not plugged into a Bht 150 socket.

I have a unit fitted into my fuse box which indicates overall consumption via Tuya App.

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Unless you get this guy stuff, living here or anywhere else that's carries 220v, one would be guessing what really is pulling the energy.

I bought David stuff back on 2018 from Korea, and it will tell you what applicants are pulling the energy. Be it a Dryer, AC, a Fan, Iron, Electric stove, Oven, or someone stealing energy from you, etc, thereby, limiting there use to keep your energy bill down.

Also, I have found out from the Electric Company, how they calculate their monthly bill here, this too is very helpful. 

 

He has a YouTube video, and is a very very honest person.

 

htt**://mywatt.biz/

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1 hour ago, KannikaP said:

Fingers crossed, just bought a TCL 32 as my PC monitor. Brilliant picture. Let's see if it lasts. 

Only a one year warranty from BigC. Let me know if it lasts.

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21 hours ago, KannikaP said:

Aren't air cons and showers supposed to be connected directly to fuse box, via a double pole switch? Not plugged into a Bht 150 socket.

I have a unit fitted into my fuse box which indicates overall consumption via Tuya App.

Aircons are correctly like you say installed directly to the main breaker. One for each. The eletricity calculation is from the app that belongs to the Airconditioner brand. most do this now. When it comes to other stuff you want to control Fridges.. hot water heaters.. Know the spec and install for example a 150 baht like you say zigbee or wifi outlet of 16 amps. That will cover up to 3680 watt or around that range. That give you hot water metering. There are other ways to do it also of course.

 

You can do that with an old airconditioner too. If it has alot of BTU and requires alot of amps. Go for maybe a 20 amp wifi or zigbee or even passive outlet without any app control. Its worth mentioning not all people like to check any app so these meters comes with screen directly on them also. 

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Worth adding that this gives you no more cheaper bills, but it makes you maybe understand what the culprits are.

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