On Wed, Feb 21, 2007 at 09:54:12AM +0400, Ramakrishnan Sundaram wrote: > Bruce Metcalf said the following on 21/02/2007 07:29: > > > I must have more sensitive radar. Or maybe it's just my wife's monthly > > scrutiny of the bill. Or maybe it's the A/C that brings the monthly rate > > up over US$200.
In USsia a residential Watt for a year is worth about $1. You seem to burn the equivalent of 2.4 kW, 24/7/365. That's like burning 40 60 W incandescents 24 h per day. > It's certainly the AC. I switched the whole house to CFL two years ago - > about 40 bulbs. There's been no observable difference in the bills. > > But eight months a year here it goes above 40 degrees celsius, and the > electricity bills drop to about 30% of their summer peak in the other 4 > months. -- Eugen* Leitl <a href="http://leitl.org";>leitl</a> http://leitl.org ______________________________________________________________ ICBM: 48.07100, 11.36820 http://www.ativel.com 8B29F6BE: 099D 78BA 2FD3 B014 B08A 7779 75B0 2443 8B29 F6BE
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