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Thisismyname:
Got my BF A8 in October....it's outside in metro Detroit.

Just got my January electric bill and its +$100 vs any other January Ive had. 

Nov and Dec. bills were about $40 high over norm.

The tub is the only change to the house.

Does this seem right???

I had a caldera Tahitian before but in an unheated sunroom at my old house and that hardly regisitered on my bill.

This sucks if it's gonna cost me $50-$100 a month in electric...not what I had in mind.

I have the circ pump and ozonator with temp set about 100.

Hottubguy:
I’m in the Northeast and had record cold weather in January. Was the weather colder then normal this past month?  Did your electric rate go up from last January as around here rates have risen a lot. To me $50 a month in the coldest months is normal. Sell both Caldera and Marquis. My electric bill in January was very high as well but that was more on Mother Nature then the hot tub itself.

Thisismyname:
We definitely had some really cold days...around 0 or a bit below at times.  But also a few days in the 40s.

I was expecting maybe +$40 but +100 was a shock. 

We have a smart meter that I can measure instant readings for our entire house, also by day, week, etc.

We were always using about 18 kWh per day on average, now I am consistently about 33 kWH per day.

Dec. of 2016 we used 639 kWh, Dec of 2017 1010 kWH

Jan 2017 was  575 kWh   and Jan of 2018 was 1081 kWh.

Even November before it really got cold we went from 459 to 847 kWh year over year.

Hottubguy:
How often do you us the tub?  Also there is a big difference from going from a enclosed area with a hot tub to outside in the elements. No wind in a enclosed area and it won’t be as cold out. I’m guessing in the summer you won’t notice which will get your average monthly charge into the 40-50 range. Bullfrog also uses a circ pump that draws more energy then a circ pump in a Caldera. I think the idea behind it is to not run it 24/7 like you would in a Caldera. As far as I know BF uses a full foam icynene foam similar to Marquis which is a very good insulator. I’m sure Eric will respond on here as a BF Dealer as to how to how many hours per day to run circ on that tub

Thisismyname:
Haven't used it too much. Maybe once a week for 30 mins since we got it.  Been too cold plus we have 2 little ones so it's been tough.

I don't see where to adjust the circ pump timing.  Only the filter cycles which are the default like 1 hr in the morning and 3 or 4 in the evening I think

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