Try getting a Kill-a-watt reader - you plug it into the outlet and plug something in to it (e.g., your fridge) and it will tell you how much energy it draws.
Quite cool: http://www.p3international.com/products/special/P4400/P4400-CE.html G Money wrote: > $500!!!! That is outrageous. > > Highest electric bill i've ever had was still less than $100. You live in a > 20 room mansion? > > On 8/17/06, Zaphod Beeblebrox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> So, last months bill was $497.00. It's a bit high for my comfort >> level :) I had already started my saving efforts (replacing >> incandescents with fluorescents, thermostat on 78 to 80, lights off >> when out of the room, teaching my daughters to close the damn door!) >> I decided there had to be more that could be done. My electric meter >> is digital so it makes it really easy to track, but of course that >> only tells you the usage for the entire house. Next thing was to hit >> google to figure out how to calculate kw/h usage of appliances. >> Simple formula: >> >> (Volts * Amps)/1000 = kw/h per 1 hour. >> >> First target, my pool pump....it seems a little shifty to me and >> worthy of my suspicion. >> >> (220v * 8A)/1000 = 1.76 kw/h * (8 hrs a day) * (30days) * ($0.135 >> p/kw/h) = $57.02 that sneaky little bastard has been adding to my >> electric bill a month. >> >> I'm almost afraid to see how much my pc with it's multiple is drawing :( >> >> >> -- >> Hieroglyphics? let me be specific I wanna be down in your south seas >> But I got this notion that the motion of your ocean means small craft >> advisory >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:213420 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
