First an apology, if I have used the incorrect forum, as I am relatively new to posting here.I picked GENERAL.

I have been quoted 8 thb per unit of electricity as the charge associated with a monthly rental for a hotel room. That leaves me clueless as to what bill they will ask me to pay at the end of the month and whether this is an all included rate. I have utilization information below and if any of you with experience can take a shot at even an order of magnitude or what we call within the "ball park"; we would be most grateful.

We are two seniors that have to take great care with our diet (I am diabetic on diet and exercise, no drugs) We supplement our diet the amazing local vegetables and greens that the restos never serve. We are assessing whether to go with a monthly rental rather than a daily full service rental for our budget hotel near Chiang Mai gate. Here is the way we used electric power (excluding light fixtures) between 16 Jan and 26 Feb 14. This time travelling between mid Jan to mid Mar

DAILY ELECTRIC POWER USE

(1) Fan on low speed all the time, except when we were away for 6 hours a day. We had a large window with mesh left open all day and night.

(2) NO AC at all

(3) 4 medium hot water showers (1 each before we sleep and 1 each after a 5 km walk every day)

(4) Small Thai purchased electric kettle for tea twice a day 4 cups, not sure of the wattage; 450 W?

(5) 1.5 litre travel pot 600 W that is for blanching vegetables and leafy greens or warming take out.

(6) 3 hours of TV

(7) 2 hours of lap top charging

How on earth can we verify what the starting and ending meter readings were? Is it fare to determine that at the outset? Your experiences are invaluable on determining that the savings and sacrifices for a monthly over the daily full service rate is worth the difference.

Thank you

Dennis

Get the reading when you move in. Then reading x rate. 8.5 baht is around double the norm, depending on where this is.

As for what your bill will be, how long is a piece of string ?

I don't really understand what you're asking, so I'll just say that one unit of electricity is one Kilowatt*Hour.

So you multiply the 'Watts' rating of a device in KW times the time it was run in hours to find the consumption.

For example, a TV with a 'Watts' of 180 would cost 0.54 Units. 0.18 KW*3hr= 0.54 KWhr.

That's how you predict usage. You track it by checking the meter.

If you do not have access to the meter and are charged by the unit, do not rent there. I'm surprised a 'hotel' would charge by the unit anyway.

Edited July 17, 201411 yr by BudRight

With that consumption you have, you shouldn't be paying more than 1k THB per month even with those greedy rates from the owner.

If where your staying has triple phase I think they pay like 4.5-5.5 bht per unit at 8 per unit I say your bill should be 800-1100 per month

If you don't use the air con, you will very unlikely use more than 150 units per month, so no more than 1275 Baht per month.

Find another place to stay.... with everything included.... unless they are giving you a super base rate for rental of room? ...

Usually only places do this when there is A/C...(not all) but which people tend to leave on day and night ....

Places that do this, usually have a meter outside the room... so you could read it at beginning of your stay....

Personally I would avoid staying at places that do this.