How are water and electricity bills paid?

  • July 27, 2010 3:01 pm

So I am moving into an apartment next month, I’ve already been paying 2 mos rent.

My question is, how do electric and water companies meausre your usage? My roommates are wanting to decorate the place with lights and i am afraid that if theyre always plugged in our bill will be through the roof. rent isnt cheap already alone.

So is it if something is plugged only, if it is turned on does it count? Please someone explain exactly how this works

For electric meter questions, see here. http://science.howstuffworks.com/electric-meter-info.htm
For water meter questions, see here. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_meter
With water, you get charged twice if you are also on the city sewer system. Water usage is fairly straight forward, but the electrical usage can be confusing, so here is a little more about that.
There are *some items* that use electricity just by being plugged in. It’s sometimes called *vampire draw* or other things similar. Better explanation in the link. Normally, when you are talking about *general lighting*, no. Being plugged in will not draw any power, only *use* draws power. A lamp or string lighting of any sort will not draw power until you turn them on. The *vampires* are the items such as TVs, Computers, phone chargers, power ‘strips’ , and anything with an indicator light on it. The amount of draw is individually very small, but with all the *devices* we have today, when you add them all together, it can be significant. One thing that will give you a general idea how expensive an item will be to use is the wattage rating. Sticking with the lighting example, a 100 watt bulb will cost twice as much to use as a 50 watt bulb would. Lighting however, is not going to be the BIG user. Things like air conditioners, electric stoves, and especially electric water heaters will be the big consumers of power. Anything with a motor or heating element will be the biggest users of power.
Al

Current credit on prepayment meters?

  • July 15, 2010 5:27 pm

I am thinking to change Energy supplier. I have just top-up (£50 each) my prepayment meters (both gas and electric) credit, If I change Energy Supplier now, what would happen to my current credit. Would I loss all my current credit if I insert a new gas/electric card into the meter?

to get a TRUE answer just call the company to find out.

Party Like A Rockstar – Shop Boyz Piano Cover

  • July 13, 2010 6:58 am

David Sides playing a piano cover of “Party Like A Rockstar” by Shop Boyz.

Song Description:
“Party Like a Rockstar” is a rap song recorded by Shop Boyz. It was released as the first single from their debut album Rockstar Mentality (2007). It reached high success during summer 2007 and was successful in the United States, peaking in the top five on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, Hot Rap Tracks, and Hot 100 charts.

The song is played with two electric guitar riffs (performed by Atlanta producer Billy Hume),It also makes references to certain rock figures such as Marilyn Manson, The Osbournes, Kiss, Queen, Bruce Springsteen, Red Hot Chili Peppers, and Travis Barker.

For a time, “Party Like a Rockstar” was the most played rhythmic, and rap song in the United States, according to Radio & Records It was featured in the video game NBA Live 08.

The remix features Lil Wayne, Jim Jones and Chamillionaire with more guitar riffs included. Jim Jones’ verse didn’t make it to iTunes’ remix, although Lil Wayne’s verse and Chamillionaire’s verse did. Another unofficial remix has been produced by Lil Jon and the Swedish composer Jay Orpin, who also wrote the first remix, but had Lil’ Jon make changes for the beat for this remix. That remix has been unofficially called the Orpinz Old Duff WWE Remix because some feel it resembles a professional wrestlers entrance music. There is also a freestyle version by J. R. Writer of Dipset as well as a remix by Trina and another one by rapper Bow Wow.

Cristal Athena Steverson from VH1′s “Flavor of Love” and Flavor of Love Girls: Charm School appear in the song’s music video.

The song gained some airplay in the UK on BBC Radio 1, and was added to the B-List on its playlist.

Lyrics:
yeahhh! y-y-y-yeah! y-y-y-yeah! y-y-y-yeah!

t-t-t-totally dude!

party like a rock
party like a rockstar
party like a rock
party like a rockstar
party like a rock
party like a rockstar
party like a rockstar

t-t-t-totally dude!

i’m on a money makin mission
but i party like a rockstar
i’m flyin down 20 lookin good in my hot car
you know them hoes be at my show
grabbin where my chain go
i’m tryna rap & hold my pants
but these hoes won’t let my thang go

i uwa like i uwa
cuz you know them hoes be tryin us
hoe don’t you know i wit fine dimes
that look like pamela
they fine & they hot bra
when i’m in the spot bra
yuh, i party like a rockstar!

[CHORUS X2]

HAAA! HAAA!
party like a rockstar
do it wit da black & da white
like a cop car
(YEAHHH!)
whoop, whoop,
me & my band man
on the yacht wit marilyn manson
gettin a tan man!
(uuwwaa)

(cool) you know me
wit a skull belt & wallet chain
shop boyz rockstars
yeah we bout to change the game
change the game? (uhhh ohhh)
they know that i’m a star
i make it rain from the center of my guitar

[CHORUS X2]

as soon i came out the womb
my momma knew a star was born
now i’m on the golf course
trippin wit da osbournes
i seen da show wit travis barker
rockstar mentality
i’m jumpin in the crowd
just to see if they would carry me

ey white wanna marry me
they see me they just might panic
my ice make em go down quick
like the titanic
yeah i’m wit da shop boyz
you know what we do
i’m surfin screamin kowabonga
TOTALLY DUDE!

[CHORUS X2]

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Junior Brown “Highway Patrol”

  • July 8, 2010 2:12 pm

See Music Videos http://www.bvmtv.com/ that you CAN’T See on You Tube ! +Live Chat and Embed video codes!

Jamieson “Junior” Brown (born June 12, 1952, Kirksville, Indiana) is an American country guitarist and singer from Cottonwood, Arizona.

In 1985 Junior invented a double-necked guitar, with some assistance from Michael Stevens. Junior called the instrument his “guit-steel”. When performing, Junior plays the guitar by standing behind it, while it rests on a small podium/music stand. The top neck on the guit-steel is a traditional 6-string guitar, while the lower neck is a full-size lapsteel guitar for slide playing. Brown has two guit-steels for recording and live work.

The original instrument, dubbed “Old Yeller”, has as its standard 6-string guitar portion the neck and pickups from Brown’s previous stage guitar, a Fender Bullet. The second guit-steel, named “Big Red”, has a neck laser-copied from the Bullet neck, but in addition to electric guitar pickups, both the standard and lapsteel necks use an identical Sho-Bud lapsteel pickup. There is a pocket in the upper bout of the guitar to hold the slide bar when it is not in use. Brown quickly became a local success in Austin, Texas as the house band at the Continental Club. His debut album was 1993′s 12 Shades of Brown; it was followed by Guit with It later that year (1993 in music). Both albums cemented his reputation as one of the more critically acclaimed country performers of the 1990s.

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Could a desktop PC possibly raise electricity bills really high?

  • July 8, 2010 6:28 am

So I was reading this forum post where a user talked of how his landlord complained of high electricity bills and blamed it on his desktop.

I thought desktops were mildly energy efficient and shouldn’t cause hundreds of dollars in electricity consumption.

yes. If you think, some desktops use a fuck load of power and raise your bills high, like super gaming pcs. The desktop I am using using likes to hog power, because all my usb ports are hooked up with cards,volumes,hardrives,power switches,a modem I could go on forever!

My other desktop using very little power, I have a crap load of usb ports(more powerful then this one
) and I only use 3 out of the 15 usb ports. So that doesn’t make much of a change to the bill(though that would be better for the components I use on this computer lol).

I have one more desktop, It uses half the usb ports and a little to much power. Maybe I shouldn’t have so many desktops. But then, I won’t like using laptops again and again.

Don’t forget about laptops! They have power cords to charge up and use some power to the bill ( but no one cares about laptops your focusing on desktops.)

Hope this helps.

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