How much do you think my power bill would be for this camper?

Question

I have a small camper Im going to cook up to a poll for power. I plan on running my air conditioner, tv, and maybe one light 5 hours out of the day.

Think my power bill would be under 50.00/month?

Answer 1

I live in the south and knowing electric bills.. if you have a full time job and dont use any electricity, during normal working hours...    I will guess low..   how about $500 a month.  am I close? Average cost for me..in my small one bedroon apt, is $75 a day if I use my ac.  no ac...  it costs me 50 cents for my fridge, puter clocks  electric stove, etc.

good luck   and best wishes.

Answer 2

Yes, some places have min fees so with all that included about $50. I believe you meant hook up. Lets hope you don't cook it.

Answer 3

Take a look at the plates on the a/c and television... somewhere it will say either voltage and amperage or wattage.  If you've got volts and amps, multiply the two together to get watts.

Add up the wattages of the light bulb, the a/c and the television.  Multiply by the number of hours each will be on.  Divide by 1000 to get kw/hr day.  Multiply by days per month, and price per kw/hr.  

e.g.: 100 W light 5 hrs/day

         200 W tv 5 hrs/day

         720 W a/c 5 hrs/day

1020 W x 5 hrs = 5100 Watt-hours = 5.1 KW-hrs  per day x $0.14 per KWH = $0.71.4/day x 30 days = $21.42/month

Now that is ONLY the power consumed by those appliances.  If you've got an electric stove, a refrigerator, a water heater.... don't forget to add those in.

Answer 4

Depends on how efficient the AC unit is, how hot it gets, and how well insulated the camper is.  They're generally not very well insulated, but it's a pretty small space you're cooling.  I'd say that under $50 a month as reasonable (as long as the AC isn't running non-stop to keep the temp down).

Answer 5

yes it will good luck

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Answer 6

Some interesting, valid points in the answers so far, and not at all knowing why you used the word COOK up, hopefully you meant HOOK up.

   What you don't mention however are things like, the power exists, perhaps taken from your house? and this is like a singles apartment, on property? You also neglected to show us or at least mention the type of camper, and it's general qualities, IE: POP UP, camper trailer, etc.

   I think if it was mine, I'd find a KOA and hook into all their offered facilities, but an AC in a camper??? If you intend it as a place to LIVE, and can get in for $50 a month for power, I'd say you should.