Time-Based Use Rates and Whole-Home Battery Backups Combine
Key takeaways
- I, however, live in a 2,000-plus-square-foot home built in 1906.
- It’s twice the size and 40 years older than my previous home.
- The solution to my power problem, and one that I expect many will embrace in the near future is a smart whole home battery backup.
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Courtesy of Anker Solix Comment Loader Save Story Save this story Comment Loader Save Story Save this story I like to keep my home at a cool and comfortable 68 degrees year-round. This preference would be fine if I lived near the Pacific Ocean, or in a small home, or in a newer home that’s insulated with modern mineral wool instead of tissue paper and horsehair.
I, however, live in a 2,000-plus-square-foot home built in 1906. It's in Kansas City, which has a brutal, humid continental climate. Missouri winters are frigidly cold with ice storms that frequently cripple the city's roads and burst pipes all over town. Summers are famously hot and humid with near-daily thunderstorms, as fronts crossing the continent collide in its pancake-flat center. Spring and fall are nice, but they last six to eight weeks combined, meaning we get a solid 20 days of open-window weather.
I moved into this house last August. It’s twice the size and 40 years older than my previous home. I knew my power bills will likely go up significantly. In September, my first full month in my new place, I decided to throw caution to the wind and set the thermostat to my preferred temperature and see what would happen. I ended up with a $372 electric bill. After considering the sale of some of my excess plasma, I spent the cooler winter months finding ways to avoid a hot and sticky summer.