also since i well no longer be spending any time at the space elevator use will drop drastically and this will reduceelectical consumption
On Thu, Aug 23, 2012 at 12:47 PM, Adrian Stoness <[email protected]>wrote: > could be because of a meter reading being done recently and it was out > from what hydro was reading remind marvin of this we should start help to > insure the readings are updated to hydro regularly so these kinda bills > don't happen > > On Thu, Aug 23, 2012 at 12:33 PM, Justin Lacko <[email protected]> wrote: > >> One of our electrical bills came in and caused a bit of an issue with >> the owner, Marvin - it was $2500 and they are assuming a very large >> portion of that is our floor. They are upset that it is high. >> >> The reality is that they don't understand the bill, and there are a >> lot of misconceptions of what we do up here. Marvin complained that he >> leased us the space as offices, not as manufacturing (this is >> frivolous as he's making his own distinction on this and our lease >> says nothing to this effect) and that we're running heavy equipment up >> here 24/7. Mike Legary gave a rough estimate of our power consumption >> at max $750/mo. - nowhere near this bill. Mike and I are meeting with >> Marvin next Tuesday to clarify this issue. >> >> One thing that we need to do to make sure this situation does not >> occur is to be mindful of our power consumption in the space - I don't >> mean we need to cut back, but we have to understand that whatever we >> do costs money and we are responsible for ensuring that our costs >> don't skyrocket - otherwise the landlord WILL come back to us again. >> There is a misconception that AssentWorks draws a lot of power and it >> "must be them because of all that machinery" - in reality most of >> their machinery is only running for an hour a day, and SkullSpace >> actually uses more power than AssentWorks (the server room is probably >> costing us around $300/mo. to run). We can no longer be of the opinion >> that "since we don't pay for power, we can leave whatever we want >> running." >> >> Over the next few months our power situation will be transforming (pun >> intended) and our usage will change - but we will be responsible about >> this and everything will work out! >> >> Thanks, >> Justin >> _______________________________________________ >> SkullSpace Discuss Mailing List >> Help: http://www.skullspace.ca/wiki/index.php/Mailing_List#Discuss >> Archive: https://groups.google.com/group/skullspace-discuss-archive/ >> > > > _______________________________________________ > SkullSpace Discuss Mailing List > Help: http://www.skullspace.ca/wiki/index.php/Mailing_List#Discuss > Archive: https://groups.google.com/group/skullspace-discuss-archive/ >
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