so its R328 a month for 24/7 inc vat for 400w

I worked my monthly usage out to about R230 with a 400w heater. I have a thermostat so its usually off during the day and on at night and early mornings. During winter i suspect it will be on 24/7 making things quite expensive....

spinnerkop wrote: so its R328 a month for 24/7 inc vat for 400w

for those of us (incl. me) who are too cheap to wanna do that, here's a link to build your own generator... gonna attach mine to a bicycle wheel or something
www3.telus.net/faheydumas/Wind_Turbine/F..._FLUX_HowItWorks.pdf

Ok, the bill does not wont to scan properly.


Bear this in mind the more KWh you use the higher the Energy charge fee goes.
This is off a Invoice from Eskom over 2011/05/06 - 2011/06/07, so the more Hours you use the more the money goes up.
So using a heater 24/7 is not going to be that cheap.

Energy Charge(<=50 KWh) 50KWh @ R0.5565 /KWh: R 27.83
Energy Charge(>50 KWh <= 350 KWh) 300 KWh @ R0. 6416 KWh: R 192.43
Energy Charge(>350 KWh <=600 KWh) 250 KWh @ R0.9405 KWh: R 235.13
Energy Charge(>600 KWh) 526 KWh @ R1.0335 KWh: R 543.62
Retail Enviromental levy charge 1.126 KWh R 22.52

Last winter I ran a small panel eco heater in my spare room 24/7 behind the shelving I keep my T's on. It did not heat the entire room that well but it was sufficient to keep the area around the shelving warm, and that cost around R550 extra a month.

And then add 16% to that bill, thanks to Eishkom's tariff hike.