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Originally Posted by benpope
My goals for electricity use are to have a base load less than 10 Kwh and a cooling season average of less than 18 Kwh. I could probably get there just by unplugging the hot water heater, but I don't think that is going to fly with the wife. 
-Ben |
Just so you have some numbers. My 40 gallon hot water heater turned down to 106F, family of 4 (2 kids under 4) and I average 9.026 kwh/day just for the hot water tank. So yeah getting rid of your water heater can probably get you there.