What is your average kWh/day usage?

Piwoslaw · 10-01-11, 03:08 PM

My average daily energy usage is ~4 kWh, averaged over the last year is 3.99kWh/day, actually. In the summer it's about 3.4, in the winter 4.6.

Hot water is on-demand nat gas, as is the boiler and stove. Electric oven, toaster oven, kettle. CFLs and halogen lightbulbs. Very efficient refrigerator (~700Wh/day). Electric lawn mower (~700Wh per mow), and 700W engine warmer in my car (used for 5-10h per month). I turn off phantom loads whereever and whenever possible. Unfortunately I have no chance to reduce electrical usage any further - this would require Dad-in-law's cooperation, and he's already ecoterrorized by us as it is. The big 170 watt LCD in the TV room was his idea, as was the driveway gate's motor, which sucks 32W 24/7 (I turn off its circuit breaker when both cars are at home).

We have plans, which keep getting put off, to replace the two on-demand gassers with an electric hot water tank (with optional future solar/heat pump).

For now, winter gas usage is equivalent to 80-150 kWh/day, while summer is only ~5 for cooking and hot water.

10-01-11, 03:08 PM	#11
Piwoslaw Super Moderator Join Date: May 2009 Location: Warsaw, Poland Posts: 961 Thanks: 188 Thanked 110 Times in 86 Posts	My average daily energy usage is ~4 kWh, averaged over the last year is 3.99kWh/day, actually. In the summer it's about 3.4, in the winter 4.6. Hot water is on-demand nat gas, as is the boiler and stove. Electric oven, toaster oven, kettle. CFLs and halogen lightbulbs. Very efficient refrigerator (~700Wh/day). Electric lawn mower (~700Wh per mow), and 700W engine warmer in my car (used for 5-10h per month). I turn off phantom loads whereever and whenever possible. Unfortunately I have no chance to reduce electrical usage any further - this would require Dad-in-law's cooperation, and he's already ecoterrorized by us as it is. The big 170 watt LCD in the TV room was his idea, as was the driveway gate's motor, which sucks 32W 24/7 (I turn off its circuit breaker when both cars are at home). We have plans, which keep getting put off, to replace the two on-demand gassers with an electric hot water tank (with optional future solar/heat pump). For now, winter gas usage is equivalent to 80-150 kWh/day, while summer is only ~5 for cooking and hot water. __________________ Ecorenovation - the bottomless piggy bank that tries to tame the energy hog.