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Old 02-20-2008, 07:26 PM   #26 (permalink)
TomEV
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We have a Vestfrost refrigerator. It uses about 1.1 kWh a day (averaged over a week or relatively normal temps, at least for here (70f during the day). I measured a lot of things with the Kill-a-Watt, but it now resides on the plug for the Citicar. It uses about 1 kWh for four miles, or about 2.5 kWh a day for my 10 mile 'commute' (5 each way). Even with the electric car, our average daily use is about 6 kWh a day.

It was interesting to note the difference between a normal string of xmas lights compared to LED ones this year. The regular bulbs used about 60 watts, but the LED ones used about 2 (two). Our electric bill this December went down significantly...
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