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From: CaltechPhD on 5 Sep 2009 20:30 On Sep 5, 7:25 am, "Michael A. Terrell" <mike.terr...(a)earthlink.net> wrote: > I've > know William online for about ten years on another newsgroup. Wow! I claim that I first met him about 44 years ago.
From: William Sommerwerck on 5 Sep 2009 22:04 "CaltechPhD" <josephfeng(a)alumni.caltech.edu> wrote in message news:d06ec50b-f059-49e3-855a-b5457b0faa2a(a)g1g2000pra.googlegroups.com... On Sep 5, 7:25 am, "Michael A. Terrell" <mike.terr...(a)earthlink.net> wrote: >> I've know William online for about ten years on another newsgroup. > Wow! I claim that I first met him about 44 years ago. It's possible. I attended Caltech briefly then (Fall, 1965). I was a total shmuck then, and I apologize. I apologize for not remembering your name, but it just doesn't ring a bell.
From: William Sommerwerck on 6 Sep 2009 10:57 > A refridgerator in a natural gas heated/hot water/cooking home is the > #1 watt bandit. My 10 something CUF fridge all of 3 years old consumes > 30% of my total usage on a normal setting. Just two of us living here > so it's easy to gauge usage otherwise. Lighting is CFL. Only other > watt magnet is the big screen which is on 6 hours a day (rear > projector) and a P4 computer on 24/7. Plus security lighting outside > in the form of 3 100 watt CFLs for 10 hours a day. This equals about a > $65/mo bill. I live by myself, have a constantly running computer, and pay around $25 a month, which I consider too much. I wonder if you're wasting energy and aren't aware of it.
From: Fleetie on 6 Sep 2009 11:03 William Sommerwerck wrote: >> A refridgerator in a natural gas heated/hot water/cooking home is the >> #1 watt bandit. My 10 something CUF fridge all of 3 years old consumes >> 30% of my total usage on a normal setting. Just two of us living here >> so it's easy to gauge usage otherwise. Lighting is CFL. Only other >> watt magnet is the big screen which is on 6 hours a day (rear >> projector) and a P4 computer on 24/7. Plus security lighting outside >> in the form of 3 100 watt CFLs for 10 hours a day. This equals about a >> $65/mo bill. > > I live by myself, have a constantly running computer, and pay around $25 a > month, which I consider too much. I wonder if you're wasting energy and > aren't aware of it. Jesus! I live by myself too, and pay 75 POUNDS a month! Although this flat doesn't have gas, so all hot water is electrically heated. Martin
From: William Sommerwerck on 6 Sep 2009 12:32
> Here is my current month's breakdown. I did run the air for a week or > so of hot weather in the high 80s to low 90s. > Generation Service $34.42 > Transmission Service 6.53 > Distribution Service 25.73 Customer > Charge 3.82 We don't have a "distribution charge". I pay around 10 cents/kWh. |