Hi James
On (04 Nov 96) James di Paulo wrote to Alec Cameron...
 Jd> > Monthly consumption 900kWH. [two retired persons, 3 bedroom modern 
ell
 Jd> > insulated house]
 Jd>  
 Jd> That seems like a lot; we, (three adults) live in a six bedroom, turn of
 Jd> the century, uninsulated brick and stone house and curently use about
 Jd> 1100.
I feel ashamed. So I hauled out another account, this one [1992] has 
statistical
breakdown thus-
Average kWH/ day        19 May- 11 Aug  54.1
                        19 Feb- 18 May  31.7
                        12 Aug- 18 Nov  34.5
Since that account, we installed a town gas flued heater in one room and
retired a 2400 watt elec convection room heater. Our cooking and hot water,
are all- electric. No other gas points in the house.
From that I guess our midsummer load was about 29, and our midwinter load 60
kWH/ day. Wanna recheck your bills? I assume Denver gets snow and frosts, and
is not close to the ocean.
                                         
This figure is not comparable to anything we might do in another
 Jd> house/location however. The living floor of this house is very dark, for
 Jd> example; it is 3:30 PM, I have an overhead lamp burning in this room, if
 Jd> not, I would not be able to see the keyboard well enough to type.
If you figure your lighting costs, you'll find these are trivial in 
omparison
with 1100 kWH/ month.                         Cheers....ALEC
... ........Genealogists do it yesterday
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