Dan Where does one get a kilowatt unit? How much do they cost? Do they simply plug in between the unit you are measuring and the wall receptacle?
thanks Al -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]on Behalf Of Dan Rossi Sent: Tuesday, May 12, 2009 11:46 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [BlindHandyMan] KiloWatt 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 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
