Dan, what would it cost to by one of those kilowatts? thanks.Lee
On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 11:45:49AM -0400, Dan Rossi wrote: > I recently had an experience with a KiloWatt unit. My buddy and I were > comparing electric bills. His is about three times higher than mine. I > asked if he still had that old beast of a refrigerator that came with the > house when he purchased it ten years ago. He didn't believe me when I > guessed that the fridge was the culprit. > > He purchased a KiloWatt and found that his fridge is sucking down about > 5KWH a day. That is about 1825 KWH a year. > > Here are a couple of comparisons. > > My house consumes 5.5KWH a day, on average. So, his fridge is sucking > down about 90% of my total consumption. > > The largest standard fridge we could find online, a 28.5 cubic foot > behemoth, consumes 450 KWH a year, which is like 25% of his crappy little > fridge. > > he's buying a new fridge. > > Also, since I've started turning off my computers rather than leaving them > all running 24X7, and replaced all the lights with CF bulbs, I've lowered > my electric bill about 20%. > > -- > Blue skies. > Dan Rossi > Carnegie Mellon University. > E-Mail: [email protected] > Tel: (412) 268-9081 -- "When you wake up in the morning, Pooh," said Piglet at last, "what's the first thing you say to yourself?" "What's for breakfast?" said Pooh. "What do you say, Piglet?" "I say, I wonder what's going to happen exciting today?" said Piglet. Pooh nodded thoughtfully. "It's the same thing," he said. Are you curious? Ask me about Temptations toy parties.
