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Pedas2

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SMH
"Excess usage" is the amount of electricity for the A/C that the contractor would use that is over and above the electricity that you would use for the same period of time if you were there. There is no way you could prove what that would be...and even if you could, as was pointed out above, we're talking about what amounts to pocket change.

Mountain, meet molehill.

No. Not if a unit is vacant. Then all usage is excess.
 


Just Blue

Senior Member
No. Not if a unit is vacant. Then all usage is excess.
Here's the deal. If do not allow the contractors to use the AC, then they will NOT work in your home. You are truly being ridiculous in your thinking. I have a family of four in my home and we set the AC at 71 (24/7)...our avg daily cost of electric is about 15 dollars a day. (in the summer when it reaches temps around 115/117.)
 

festival

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SMH
"Excess usage" is the amount of electricity for the A/C that the contractor would use that is over and above the electricity that you would use for the same period of time if you were there. There is no way you could prove what that would be...and even if you could, as was pointed out above, we're talking about what amounts to pocket change.

Mountain, meet molehill.
Yes, it is messy, and probably not worth it. In order to show the excess, the OP would have to turn off the refrigerator and unplug everything else. Still, if the OP really wants to know, read the meter.
 

Zigner

Senior Member, Non-Attorney
Yes, it is messy, and probably not worth it. In order to show the excess, the OP would have to turn off the refrigerator and unplug everything else. Still, if the OP really wants to know, read the meter.
You don't get it.

If this had never happened, the OP would have used "x" amount of electricity to run the AC. The OP would have to prove that "x" is less than the amount of electricity used by the contractor for the AC and how much the difference is.

Heck, if the contractor uses less electricity than the OP would have, then the OP should pay the contractor the difference!
 

zddoodah

Active Member
No. Not if a unit is vacant. Then all usage is excess.
The point is to track the usage in excess of what you'd have used if you were living there, but here's the thing. You told us this work will take "several days." Let's say that means 10 calendar days, which includes two weekend days when no work is being done. Let's further say that your average electric bill over the past several years for the month in question is $600 and that 60% of that bill ($360) is attributable to air conditioning. That works out to between $11.61-$12 per day depending on whether it's a 30 or 31 day month. Maybe over the 8 working days, the contractor uses 40% more electricity as a result of a/c use. That would work out to $16.25-$16.80 per day or an additional $4.64-$4.80 per day over 8 days, so a total of $37.12-$38.40. That's what you're quibbling over -- the cost of a fast-food dinner for a family of four.
 

Pedas2

Junior Member
Many warehouse workers work in non air conditioned workplaces. No laws requiring employer to provide air conditioning.
 

Zigner

Senior Member, Non-Attorney
Many warehouse workers work in non air conditioned workplaces. No laws requiring employer to provide air conditioning.
You would be wrong. If the temperature is high enough to cause injury, it certainly could be required.

Quit being so obtuse about this matter.
 

LdiJ

Senior Member
Many warehouse workers work in non air conditioned workplaces. No laws requiring employer to provide air conditioning.
Having been someone who worked in such an environment for a few years I can tell you that it is horrendous. I had heatstroke more than once before I quit that job. The contractor who is doing the repairs doesn't deserve that treatment.
 
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