Huge jump in electric bill, ideas?

[CodyK]

I guess my three dragons made the electric bill go up 30 dollars. i have 2-3 lights for each animal. any ideas what i can do so that the next bill isnt so high?

 

[Twobeardieguy]

If you find out a way let us know! :wink:

 

[CodyK]

Grrrrr. My dad is gonna probably kill me. haha. Would the cereamic heat emitters save money instead of using heat bulbs during the day?
My dad is all like.. well why cant you just put two in the same cage, or why cant we just use regular light bulbs, or what about changing the hours they stay on. i am thinking yeah if it was only that easy.

 

[bambichik39]

I have three enclosures as well and havent ever noticed a jump.. we do have an all electric house though so maybe that helps? I think its cheaper if you have that instead of electric and gas.

 

[MissT]

How long are you keeping the lights on every day?? Its coming into winter now so you might be able to cut out a couple of hours. I didnt notice a great jump in electricity use at all and we have 3 enclosures. Why do you have 3 lights in some of the enclosures tho?????

 

[CodyK]

I only have three lights in two of them, i have a Basking Light, a black light, in case the temps get a little low, but i hardly use them, and a UVB light. Then in the other enclosure i have a big basking light, a small basking light, and a black light for at night, but once again i only use it sometimes, and i turned the smaller basking light off. and the other one has a basking light and a black light, but i only use the basking one for that. so i cut off like 3 lights all together so that there are only two going at the most at any givin time.