Greeny
Aquarium Advice Regular
I live in Ontario, and we have recently changed to a Smart Meter for billing for electricity. I'm not sure how prevalent Smart Meters are...essentially it keeps track of the time of day you use electricity and then you get billed more or less depending on demand during those times.
My husband pays the electricity bill and he is complaining A LOT. He says the bills have doubled. Now that isn't all because of the aquariums, but a lot probably is.
I have changed my lights so that they are off between 11am and 5pm. But the heaters and filters need to be on all the time. (Don't they?)
Does anyone have any suggestions as to how to reduce overall electricity usage OR to shift electricity usage to off-peak times?
Do heaters or lights use more electricity?
Thanks for any help!
G
My husband pays the electricity bill and he is complaining A LOT. He says the bills have doubled. Now that isn't all because of the aquariums, but a lot probably is.
I have changed my lights so that they are off between 11am and 5pm. But the heaters and filters need to be on all the time. (Don't they?)
Does anyone have any suggestions as to how to reduce overall electricity usage OR to shift electricity usage to off-peak times?
Do heaters or lights use more electricity?
Thanks for any help!
G