Where does your electric payment go?
Last updated on March 10th, 2024 at 03:28 pm
In other words, what is the single biggest user of electricity in a typical home?
Appliance |
% Usage |
Refrigerator |
13.00% |
Air Conditioning |
12.00% |
Electric Water Heating |
11.00% |
Space heaters |
11.00% |
Lighting |
9.00% |
TV’s |
3.00% |
(Source: US Department of Energy)
As you can see, a typical sized single family home uses more electricity to run a single refrigerator than any other single area.
We’ll be covering more about refrigerators and energy ramifications in a future post soon.