Nichole, ubiquitous

This weekend Shahram and I spent a lot of time going over our financial situation and setting up a budget. Margaux heard most of our discussion.Late Saturday night, she came to me asking how much her gameboy recharger costs per month when it's not being used. I know that there is some flow of energy happening in everything even when it's not turned on. I didn't find the information on that yet, but we found this. There's a great list of home appliances and how much they cost to operate. You just fill in the amount of days they are in use, or the hours, and it shows you how much you're paying. This is very cool.

https://secure.progress-energy.com/sid/custservice/energyaudit/fla/EnergyCalculator.aspx




Nichole








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Game-Enthusiast

That was cool. I went through and filled out the table and it came out to
just about what our monthly electric bill totals. The things that surprised
me were how cheap it is to wash and dry clothes (I won't need to feel
guilty when I don't hang them out anymore.) and how expensive it is to run
ceiling fans and window fans. I guess I'll shut them off more often when
they aren't in use. I don't know why, but I figured ceiling fans didn't use
much electricity. Thanks for the neat site.

Angela
game-enthusiast@...


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jimpetersonl

It's called "phantom load" (the energy applicances use when not "on").
Remember how long televisions used to take to "turn on"? They now
carry a phantom load to keep them ready to turn on instantly.
~Sue (off-grid and VERY aware of the phantom load)

> I know that there is some flow of energy happening in everything
even when it's not turned on. I didn't find the information on that
yet, but we found this.
> Nichole