ONCE AGAIN - RESIDENT USE OF CIELITO POWER - 27 July 10
Resident use of Cielito power has always been stated as being for low usage, (below 5 amps). This will work items such as TV, lights, battery charger etc.
High usage items, such as freezers, refrigerators, pumps, washing machines, microwave ovens, electric fry pans etc are now being used on Cielito power with the result of residents using more power than Cielito.
The small Onan generator will not support this. The larger generator burns more diesel to do so. The larger generator costs about $50dlls daily to operate for 10 hours and the Onan is $20 for 7 hours daily, for a total cost of $70dlls daily for power from 7:30am to midnight. Cielito averages about $15dlls daily income from resident electricity payments.
Almost all residents could be on Cielito power for these 17 hours if all were to observe the low usage requirements. The operating cost of the large generator would come down as it would not work as hard.
Presently, 6 residents have high usage and are preventing this from happening.
I urge all residents to comply with the low use requirements anytime they are on Cielito power so we may all benefit from that power.
Dave