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By the way... My electric bill more than doubled to $480 for the last billing cycle. Ouch! I didn't notice the emergency power being activated at any time. Granted, it has been cold in the midwest over the past 4-5 weeks but has anyone else seen dramatic spikes in their energy bills for the previous billing cycle? Especially interested in responses from geothermal owners.
Blaine, I got my shocker today, my second electric bill has come in (this is after not being able to determine if electric strips were on and also finding out that the transformer outside wasn't big enough). My previous bill was $267.00. Maybe someone can point me in the right direction. This one is or 01/23/08-02/20/08 (28 days) and says I used 5,045 KWH and my bill is $505.78. This makes me think the heat strips were kicking in full force and heating the house and geo wasn't. The geo tech never came back with an answer from the manufacturer(and yes, he's getting a call tomorrow). If the heat strips have to maintain where the geo fails, I'm in deep trouble with geo. I just need some direction in what can cause this problem, if any of you have experienced this.
Does anyone know what the termperature of the incoming fluid should be coming in from the pond as we know the tech commented on how cold it was. And the second time, he talked about how cold it was again.
What are your thoughts on this one, did any of you experience any problems in the first year of your geo (especially with the heat strips? At this rate my geo is costing $100 extra electric a month and not the $40.
