Kill A Watt

[JLDickmon]

says the man with the Vegi-Stroke...

 

[Crumm]

CRUMM,

Picked up one about 3 months ago, and it does do as claimed on monitoring juice used on household appliances.

Before we got the KILL-A-WATT, we we thinking of getting rid of a reefer.

Thats the info I wanted to hear I ordered the Kill-A-Watt and we will soon see if the fridge is a juice sucker.

might be worth your while to get the serial number and call Magic Chef..

Even if they say it uses X amount of juice it doesn't mean that it doesn't use more does it? As appliances get old can't they start drawing more than they did when they were new?

 

[Butch Cassidy]

Crumm,

Once you get the Kill-A-Watt, it is a good, educational way to keep track of the energy consumptions of the house appliances.

Enjoy,

Butch Cassidy

 

[BIG JOE]

Crumm.. Sorry I did'nt stick to your Question (typical of me )

Yul be surprised at watt () pulls power. Things like light bulbs, Coffee pots, toaster ovens, ceiling fans and the like. Things we don't think about (?) 4, 75 watt bulbs= 300 watts. The UL stickers arent that correct.

Light Bulbs were my eye opener . When you stop to think about the number of lights you have on in just your normal daily/nightly living.. the Wattage adds up purdy darn quick.

Another example at my place was.. I had a total of 16, 4',40watt florescent's in my shop, for a total of 640 watts. I know there's a dif in starting load/running load science but changing them out for 8, 23 watt (same as 100 watt'ers
for Lumen's of light) dropped that to 184 watts, running.

Don't know the Rocket Science of it all but we've dropped our Electric bill by about a 1/3rd with CFL's, and watching Use a bit closer.

The "Kill A Watt" tuned me in.






Home Depot has about the best selection for CFL's. ('round here anyway) I went with the "Bright White" for most applications.

 

[dpantazis]

incandescent light bulbs are not necessarily a bad thing. light bulbs also put off a great deal of heat.

so for crumm, whose heating load far outweighs his cooling load or the year, he gets a tangible benefit from the heat they put off.

for BIGJOE, where he is probably running AC, cooler CF lamps are a good thing because they don;t get hot like regular bulbs.

there are office buildings where we use the actual heat output of the lighting system figured into the heating of the building. they actually need cooling 10 months of the year!

 

[Crumm]

Yul be surprised at watt () pulls power. Things like light bulbs, Coffee pots, toaster ovens, ceiling fans and the like. Things we don't think about.

Curling irons... I still don't know why she needs two of them plugged in for three hours every morning

 

[F350DRW1]

Curling irons... I still don't know why she needs two of them plugged in for three hours every morning

I get that from both directions. My wife uses a curling iron, and my daughter uses a straightener. I use a # 2 buzz and whatever hat is handy.

 

[Crumm]

My wife uses a curling iron, and my daughter uses a straightener.

maybe they could trade hair ?

 

[F350DRW1]

maybe they could trade hair ?

I'll put on a helmet and go ask. Good suggestion.

 

[Butch Cassidy]

I get that from both directions. My wife uses a curling iron, and my daughter uses a straightener. I use a # 2 buzz and whatever hat is handy.

LOL, thats' a good one. Us guys can't compete w/ the above. if the wife and daughter are happy, best to leave it alone.

Butch Cassidy