Household electricity check-up: find the summer surge culprit
A ready-to-use “Life & Finance” AI prompt template. Replace the (bracketed) parts below with your own needs.
Prompt template
Help me do a household electricity check-up to find why the bill surged and give an actionable saving plan. [My household situation] - Residence type and size: (e.g., a 30-ping apartment) - Number of residents and routine: (e.g., 2 adults 1 child, no one home during the day) - Bills over the past six months: (list each period's amount and kWh) - Main appliances: (how many AC units and their tonnage, fridge year, whether there's an electric water heater, dehumidifier, dryer) - AC usage habits: (from what time to what time, set to how many degrees) [Please output] 1. **Usage-structure estimate**: estimate roughly what proportion each appliance type accounts for, and explain the basis. Taiwan's summer bills are dominated by AC — break that out specifically. 2. **Abnormality assessment**: compared to similar households, which item of mine is clearly high? What are the likely causes? 3. **Progressive-rate impact**: explain which tier I currently fall into, and how many kWh less would drop me to the next tier and the actual savings. Explain this using Taipower's residential non-time-of-use progressive structure, and remind me to defer to Taipower's latest published rates. 4. **Three tiers of improvement**: - Do-immediately, zero-cost (e.g., adjust set temperature, clean the filter) - Small investment, pays back within six months (e.g., add curtains, switch to LED) - Larger investment, needs evaluation (e.g., switch to an inverter AC) Estimate for each "how much can be saved per month" and "payback time." 5. **One-week action list**: starting with the easiest, list concrete actions I can complete step by step within seven days. Use Traditional Chinese with Taiwan usage, amounts in NT$. Mark all estimates as approximate and state the assumptions; actual rates are subject to Taipower's announcement.
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