[Pc_Support] Reducing Electricity Costs

[William A. Mahaffey III]

Patrick wrote:

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>Fans?  Fans cool people, not rooms.  A ceiling fan can run 300-400 watts per 
>hour.  If you leave the room turn it off!
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>

Hmmmmm .... where did you get that number (300-400 W/h for ceiling 
fans), sounds quite a bit high to me, more like 1/3 - 1/2 that ?

>Check out your Water Heater.  Is the temp on both heating elements set to 120 
>degrees?  In the past ten years or so, most water heaters are set to about 
>120 degrees, from the factory.
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Most hot water heaters are pretty well insulated; mine is virtually 
ambient to the touch, & I run it at 180 degrees. Use less hot water per 
shower that way, and as you observe, they do stay warm quite a while 
once charged up ....

>I installed a $40 timer clock, (in homes that I own!) and set my heater for 
>two heating cycles each day, as the water stays hot for up to about 8 hours, 
>and the heating cycles should be on for about 2 to 3 hours. REMEMBER! Only 
>Crazy Patrick plays with Electircity! If you don't know what you are doing, 
>then you need to hire a licensed electrician to install the clock, as it 
>switches 250 Volts AC!!  That is LETHAL voltage, if you get 'bit'!  And, be 
>safe and disable circuits, before working!
>
>The Dishwasher has a HOT water heater internally.  It really uses some KW.
>We don't run any special loads that do it.  Normal cycle, and, we have a water 
>softener that uses Osmosis (salt process).
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Agree w/ everything else :-).

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	William A. Mahaffey III

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