How much energy do you use at home?

[cfg83]

Hello -

We have gas for heat and water, so that's not part of this :



If you "convert" the gas to kWh, I'm sure it puts us in the 300-500 zone, so that's what I voted. There's definitely room for improvement.

Just two of us and two kitties in a 900+ sqft home. We don't use much electricity, but the cats play Wii constantly, .

CarloSW2

[taredog]

Originally Posted by Frank Lee

WOW, that would power my house a whole year!!! Not exaggerating!!!

I think I may have the solution to your problem! Make her pay the bill.

Good one Frank

She has no income.

I do have to say that she is good about doing laundry and using the oven during off peak hours.

High cooling costs are just a fact of life here, especially if someone is home all day. Some of my friend's/coworker's monthly usage would really make you head spin.

[taredog]

Originally Posted by Snax

[snip] The SOLUTION to this problem is the slightly more expensive version of motion sensing switch, where one must push a momentary button upon entering the room regardless - with no option to just leave it on, the timer starts and continues to reset until no more motion is sensed. They simply will not turn on without the button press however. Most of these types of switches are also compatible with CFLs as well, whereas the other version is not and will burn out both the switch and the CFL in short order.

The motion sensor switch in the garage might not be a good idea since the switch may not sense your body heat or motion from distances involved. Ever been sitting on the can in a public rest room and had the lights go out? In a garage (mine anyway) this could be dangerous. The timer switch would be the way to go IMO.

[Snax]

Good point. I never really had an issue with turning off at a bad time when I did have one in the garage, except when the temperature was 98F, but I also have a couple of 4' florescent fixtures that are plugged into unswitched power with pull strings that get turned on if I am doing any real work out there.

[taredog]

FWIW and for Frank to marvel at, my usage for 23 Jun-25 Jul was 1385kWh.