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Daox · 03-08-09, 08:32 AM

If you used 69 kWh with just the water heater and refridgerator running, and the refridgerator is new, I would suspect something is wrong with the refridgerator. You could very easily test this with a killawatt. However, I would also look at lowering your water heater's temperature and insulating it with a water heater blanket.

03-08-09, 08:32 AM	#2
Daox Administrator Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Germantown, WI Posts: 5,525 Thanks: 1,162 Thanked 374 Times in 305 Posts	If you used 69 kWh with just the water heater and refridgerator running, and the refridgerator is new, I would suspect something is wrong with the refridgerator. You could very easily test this with a killawatt. However, I would also look at lowering your water heater's temperature and insulating it with a water heater blanket.