I got my first electric bill at the new house; looks too high. So I decided to do an experiment.
Outside the house is an electric meter. It reads KWH accumulated on 5 dials, and has a horizontal platter that appears to spin about 100 revolutions per KWH (anyone know if this is exactly true for a standard meter?). So I figure that means 10 watt-hours per rev, or 36,000 watt-seconds per rev. I timed one revolution with most things in the house turned off. 45 seconds. Then I turned on a 250W light bulb and timed it again. 32 seconds. So: 36,000 watt-secs / 45 secs = 800 watts 36,000 watt-secs / 32 secs = 1125 watts 1125 - 800 = 325 watts -- for a 250W bulb. How come? Should I complain to PG&E, or is there some gotcha that I'm missing? Thanks, -- Rod _______________________________________________ vox-tech mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech