notbob wrote:
>
> On 2010-10-29, sf > wrote:
>
> > Unfortunately, I think the biggest electric hog is the TV and that's
> > not getting turned off any more than it is already.
>
> Nope. TVs do not comsume much. Motors (refrigerator) and
> non-fluorescent lighting and electric heating are the big hogs.
> Microwaves, too.
>
> nb
>
>

Not microwaves, the usage duty cycle on them is *way* too low for them
to have a significant impact. Rather like my welder, which while it will
suck nearly 20KW when I'm welding, runs such a small percentage of the
time that it never makes more than $1 difference on my bill.