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High electric bills snappydragon 01-26-2007
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Posted by trader4 on January 29, 2007, 9:49 am
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Curious about the Instant Hot Water. What leads you to think that
this is a big user of electricity? It's only a small insulated tank
that holds a few quarts of water. And in most homes, the actual usage
of water out of it is very small and only occasional. I would think
the amount of electricity actually used is small and certainly not on
the order of magnitude of your 24/7 pool pump, A/C's, etc. Did you
actually measure the usage of all these things or how did you
calculate?
pool pump 24/7 in summer;
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gas & about 4. We do at least 3
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Here's the one I
usehttp://froogle.google.com/froogle?q=%22kill+a+watt%22&btnG=Search

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furnace uses *some* electricity. Do you use AC
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the 'shutting off all power' and see if the
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Posted by Jim Elbrecht on January 29, 2007, 8:59 pm
trader4@optonline.net wrote:
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I *think* it came out to 60cents a day when I checked it a couple
years ago. My Kill--a-Watt is idle, I'll throw it on again tonight.
Plugged in at 8:45 eastern- Wife got her evening cup & the wattage is
500. If I remember right, we got the cheapest one because it
looked right with our decor. [I just install things- my wife picks
them out.] We had one fail & I dissected it. There was little to no
insulation.
BTW- this is the one we have;
http://www.insinkerator.com/isejsp/product/product.jsp?id=25&template=hwd
Jim
Posted by Jim Elbrecht on January 30, 2007, 9:14 am
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That's what I get for 'thinking'. In 12 hrs, with 2 cups drawn, and
nearly worst case ambient temp, it used .58 KwH -less than a 20 cents
a day, even here. [about 15 cents *real* cost per KwH]
A lot less than I remembered-- but it still represents 2-3 percent of
my usage - or about $4-5 a month. If I was cheaper than I am
lazy, I'd probably unplug it. [I have thought about a timer- but it
is likely to be used at any time of day in our house- we have an
assortment of night-owls and someone is home all day.]
A/C's suck up a lot of power-- but they don't run 24/7 & only get used
5-6 days year in my neck of the woods. The pool pump. . . pure
extravagance.
Jim
Posted by undisclosed on February 4, 2007, 7:19 am
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Dont forget your electric dildo and vibrator. As much as you use
them, you should own the electric company by now. I bet if you shut
them off and used your dick instead, you'd save a couple hundred bucks
every month.
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