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Originally Posted by StinkyPink
Just an FYI. Most appliances tell you how many watts power consumption they use. Here are examples
Lights - Generally 60w or 13w equivelant low energy bulb
TV - CRT=75w-150w for 25" to 27" - LCD=Less - Projection=More
Microwave - 600w-1200w
Stereo - Recievers/Amps=100w-150w Cassette/Cd/Dvd/Vcr/Eq=25w-50w
Computer - Approx 250w-450w Gaming as much as 1500w fo high end machines!
Monitors - See TV
Heaters - 600w(low) 900w(medium) 1500(high) PER HEATER!
Fridge - 200w-300w
Range - Mine is a 2009 model that takes about 700w for 8" burner and 1100w for 12" burners oven is about 1200w
Water Heater - 1600w (30gallon 110v)-3500w (50gallon 220v)
Mine is an economy size, does ok for family of 2 but we stretch it with 3 in the household. It is rated at 1600w but we have to wait for it to heat up several hours after it is drained. 30 gallons and taps right into my existing 110v wiring.
So you can see it will add up, once you add all appliances and tv, stereo computer and a dozen lights. Of course they don't have to be on at the same time.
Consider you have a home theater playing a movie while you bake a casserole and the water heater kicks on. At $1 per watt you will find you are reaching your capacity rather quickly and will spend as much as $4k-10k on even a smaller home.
If you can live without watching tv or blasting your stereo while computing and cooking, then by all means setup a 2500w system. You better have kerosene or woodstoves though.
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Good point. While $1 is a breakthrough, it definitely needs to go down much lower for it to make full economic sense (subsidy or no subsidy).