Robin van Spaandonk wrote:
> >I thought an average U.S. home needs access to approximately 25 Kilowatts. > > I think that's 25 kilowatt hours / day, i.e. about 1 kW. > The average residential unit (house or apartment) uses 1 or 2 kW average throughout the day (I think it is), but at any given moment a house may draw much more than this. Depending on the size of the house and whether it has electric space heating and water heating, a house needs 15 to 30 kW available. See: http://www.generatorsatlowes.com/sizer/sizer.aspx You can play around with this on-line calculator, changing the size of the house and source of power for heating, cooking and so on. In chapter 15 of my book I show how household energy use breaks down, and how it would change with cold fusion, with cold fusion heat substituting for electric power in some applications, such as water heating and refrigeration. - Jed
