Power bill and how to conserve a bit!

[Jim]

I went out early the other morning in the dark to smoke. I almost choked on the diesel fumes drifting over from his rig at least 150 ft away. I actually shined a flashlight around the underside of my motorhome looking for leaks until I realized what it was.

He probably needs to do a maintenance on his Oasis, or whatever the equivalent.

 

[Fish]

He probably needs to do a maintenance on his Oasis, or whatever the equivalent.

The poor guy has had 5 different mobile mechanics over there in the last 2 months. Slides, an air conditioner, another air conditioner, levelers, automatic window shades are just the things he's told me about.
He told me that one guy who was there all day charged him $1200 and fixed nothing.

Another one who actually did fix some things, I could hear them yelling at each other. Tiffin owner had been following him around and telling him how to fix things and the guy finally snapped and said "I'll fix this if you'll get out of my way and leave me alone, or you can just pay me for what I've done and I'll leave now. I'm not working anymore with you standing over me giving me orders!!"

 

[Neemer]

I'm not working anymore with you standing over me giving me orders!!"

That’s exactly what I told my wife yesterday.

After which I discovered the little jack knife couch is not comfortable for sleeping.

 

[Bob K4TAX]

The sign says: "Labor is $100/Hr., If you watch labor is $150/Hr. If you help labor is $250/Hr." Folks generally are hired to do a job and charge a labor rate. If you need to watch or help, then perhaps you can't or don't trust them. So why did you hire them? Find some other source and let them do their job. Your job is to inspect the job after they are finished and to accept the fact it is completed as expected. Then pay them. In the meantime, just enjoy your cocktail and let them get their hands dirty.

Bob

 

[Weighit]

Sitting here in Yuma for a couple of months and the Jan electric bill was a total of $194. Been cooler than we expected, and we ran elect blanket, heated floors, washer and dryer, air fryer, electric water heater system, dishwasher, tv's and that also included charging the Tesla on and off during that month. So we didn't mind being comfortable, but at home in a house we never have a bill that high.

 

[jbh]

My last electric bill here in Ajo was $169, about double last winter in Alabama, and it was warmer in Ajo!