Calis Beach and Fethiye Turkey Discussion Forum
Turkey Related Subjects => Cost of Living in Turkey => Topic started by: Rimms on March 14, 2004, 15:26:38 PM
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My agent has just arranged for the power company to replace my old electric meter with a new digital one which gives off peak savings of up to 40% on the cost of power, particularly useful if you leave aircons running overnight, there is a cost involved to change, I think it's about £120 but I have not yet had the bill, will let you know how much once it arrives.
Rimms
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Rimms another way to keep your electricity prices in check, is to have a hotel type card controlled switch fitted, it means when guests are out of the villa the power is off only the fridge and safety light circuits stay on.
You can also have the ring welded so they can't take it off the key ring
Ron
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Hey, Nice one guys.
Very Interesting these snippets.
Keep em coming huh
cheers
Tel
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Any idea how much that costs Ron?
Amazing the knowledge gained from this site ......
would never have thought of that myself, then again don't think much anyway lol
Anne
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The unit itself costs no more than £20.00 i would imagine, it was included in all the electric work i had done 9 new sockets, inc moving repairs to fuse board and wiring to my A/Con total cost £90.00
Ron
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Legless. hi..do you have a contact phone number, email or address for the unit and associated work please? Also does anyone know how much electricity is per kwh please. We hope to have a small 1db. 2sg. 1 lounge/kitchen property and wonder how much per month we will need to budget for..running 3 air con. units probably. Cheers. Carol and Pete.
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Will send details via email, 2 aircon units would be enough i would think, use a static fan downstairs
Ron
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Ron,
Nice answer, 2 acons and a fan. I posed a similar question in another thread saying that you would need doors closed all the time for acon downstairs to work and suggested a fan, but not many replies LOL
Tel
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I am interested in why you suggest a fan downstairs Ron (and Tel)? I realise that you would need the door shut if air con. was downstairs but if the summer is as hot as last year would not a cool lounge area be a little oasis? I admit we haven't been in Turkey in high summer for years and the bedrooms and sleeping were always the most important to get right, but we hope to be there for 4-6 weeks at a time in future so we would probably spend more time than on an annual holiday actually being "in residence".... advice gratefully received on this by those with more experience of the summer months! PS, no email to date...we do get problems with our provider I'm afraid! :)
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I'd say that it all depends on whether you plan to rent out or not. People on holiday will generally be outside if downstairs but won't care about having the downstairs aircon on full blast, with doors open etc.
This would be very expensive (not to the renters of course).
If you don't plan to rent, then of course get aircon in downstairs, one has to look after ones self :)
Scunner
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We were at our villa from August through to Sept last year when it was b---dy hot. even when we were inside with doors open you still needed the movement of air to circulate around and it is a sight cheaper than A/con,
Having lived out in the Desert for a while it was one of the little things I picked up on, if you have renters in you will find they will leave A/con on as much as possible so the less units running the cheaper the bills
Ron
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WHERE WE LIVE WE HAVE ALL GOT THE NEW DIGITAL METERS AND ALL OUR BILLS SO FAR HAVE BEEN MORE EXPENSIVE THAN THE OLD TYPE METER MINE WAS 130 MILYON OVER THE WINTER 2 MONTHS AND I HAVEN'T GOT AIR CON. YET. IF I HAD THE CHOICE I WOULD STAY WITH THE OLD METERS.
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We are putting aircon in the lounge, but are now looking at the possibility of one of those card things mentioned earlier. I know its a risk when renting out but as I have an alergy to mossies I prefer to shut the doors in the evening - not that I intend to stay in that much mind you!! I suppose if the cost of running them becomes an issue when renting we will have to think about charging for it!!! My sister went to Cyprus last year and had to pay extra for aircon!
Shirley
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Now there's a point.
Wonders if anyone here charges for aircon?
Lets face it alot of apartments do charge.............
Anne
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I've lived abroad in hot climates and although i coped pretty well with the heat during the day, i found the evenings to be unbareable...
Would it be possible to put a timer on the air con unit in lounge ...?
If we restrict the usage to evenings / night times then it shouldn't effect the bill that much...
Harley
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we have a built in timer on our air conditioning beko ,i think you will find most of them have .
kim
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Yes we have a timer on ours, but the guests can change the settings
Ron
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our timer is on the remote only. kim
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Where we stay at Dalyan, there is a charge of £10 per week per unit in the appt. The units have only just been put in and there is one in each bedroom i.e. 1 bedroom = £10 and 2 bedroom = £20 I am happy to pay that if I feel I need it.
I am putting one in the lounge at Calis, but we are not renting so it isn't really an issue for us. But if you do rent - it is food for thought, is it possible to put it on a different circuit (no pay/no air cond).
Teresa
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The Air units in the States are "fixed" by the villa owners so that they cannot be turned below about 72 degrees - this stops thoughtless guests from turning it down too low - this prevents execessive costs or/and prevents the unit from freezing up. Are the A/C units in Turkey "fixable"
Evie
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I think we would want to put one in the lounge as (like Spotty) I am allergic to mossies and there is be a small stream right outside our garden fence and running through the complex so we wont be able to keep the doors open in the evening anyway I guesse. Ron, still no email with details, are you having problems getting through to me? :)Thank heavens you are all so knowledgeable and coming up with all these ideas, I wouldn't know where to start otherwise! :)
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Just an idea for people who worry about keeping the downstairs doors shut - I have seen mozzie doors made - that are fitted just inside the main doors thus allowing the main doors to be open and the mozzies at bay. This might mean you don't necessarily need to have aircon downstairs.
I have mozzie nets but after hours of chasing haven't managed to catch a single mozzie yet :)
Scunner
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Funny enough, Scunner, neither have I!!!and believe me I've tried, but then it may be becos I'm only a 4ft 11.5inch wee Paddy!!!! Happy Paddy's Day to you and all. Betx :) :) :)
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Hi Scunner
Whenever we come to Turkey we have no problem catching the mozzies!
We just make sure Pauline sits with her G&T anywhere in sight of water and she catches them all on her ankles. Nobody else within 50 yards seems to get bitten. I am considering hiring her out for parties, BBQ's etc but not until she can get a proper work permit!
Otherwise, my experience in Canada leads me to believe that the mosquito-net doors are the next best thing. A bit awkward though when we're down on the beach.
regards,
farmer
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We've been bitten each time we've been to Turkey, Aug, Oct, April, June. Not badly and only when we've forgotten to apply mozzie spray but they seem to find us any time of the year.
Christine