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lenny

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My daughter often leaves the lights on in her room, ceiling fan with (4) 40 watt bulbs. So the light turns on at 6:30 am and if she forgets to turn it off and no one else see's it, it will be on till 4:30 pm. That's a total of 160 watts for 10 hrs. Let's do the math. 160 watts divided by 1000 to determine the kWh which is 0.16 kWh. Let's multiply the 0.16 by 10 because the fan lights were on for 10 hrs and we come up with 1.6 kWh of electrical usage. My electrical provider is Wisconsin Energies and basically the hrs she may leave the lights on would be peak hrs and that rate is $.18881 pr kWh. So let's multiply the usage of 1.6 x the rate of $.18881 and we come up to $.30.

30 cent for the lights on for a day.

It does add up but a few years back we changed to the newer style compact fluorescent with is much better.

I really never took the time to see exactly what we pay for simple things like this and for the most part it seems reasonable. We also have options to reduce our usage,,,something to think about I guess.


Now add up an electric dryer at 4400 watts doing one load a day for a month will cost me about 26 bucks

Looks like my 17" lcd pc moniter costs just over 2 cent for 3 hrs

Someone please correct me if I have errors
 
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Woodtic

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Put her room on a motion sensor.when she is asleep the lights are off.when doing home work or cleaning, lol, lights are on. I have 17 year old twins. How do I wire the light switch to there rear ends?
 
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switch07

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Lenny, put in a timer switch similar to a hot tub switch. One of the warming huts out west had one for its 12 volt lights which ran off a battery and had a small solar panel for charging. When you twisted the switch you had about thirty minutes of light before it clicked off. It would also give her some exercize getting up from the bed to turn the lights back on, lol.
 
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polarisrider1

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Please do not figure out what it costs to heat the water for her showers, it will only make you cry. In the city you pay 3 ways for her shower, city water bill, heating the water bill and sewer bill. Note: this does not include all the air you heated the house with while the bath ceiling fan runs the 45 minutes or so pumping out 600 plus cfm to the outside.. Girls are expensive.
 
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Woodtic

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Why did you bring that up? 800cfm fan.omg I'm trying to dry my hair,it's hot in here. That's why they turn the a/c on when its 10 outside!
 
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HardwaterHoosier

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lenny said:
My daughter often leaves the lights on in her room, ceiling fan with (4) 40 watt bulbs. So the light turns on at 6:30 am and if she forgets to turn it off and no one else see's it, it will be on till 4:30 pm. That's a total of 160 watts for 10 hrs. Let's do the math. 160 watts divided by 1000 to determine the kWh which is 0.16 kWh. Let's multiply the 0.16 by 10 because the fan lights were on for 10 hrs and we come up with 1.6 kWh of electrical usage. My electrical provider is Wisconsin Energies and basically the hrs she may leave the lights on would be peak hrs and that rate is $.18881 pr kWh. So let's multiply the usage of 1.6 x the rate of $.18881 and we come up to $.30.

30 cent for the lights on for a day.

It does add up but a few years back we changed to the newer style compact fluorescent with is much better.

I really never took the time to see exactly what we pay for simple things like this and for the most part it seems reasonable. We also have options to reduce our usage,,,something to think about I guess.


Now add up an electric dryer at 4400 watts doing one load a day for a month will cost me about 26 bucks

Looks like my 17" lcd pc moniter costs just over 2 cent for 3 hrs

Someone please correct me if I have errors
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So, .30 a day put into $500 for the average sled trip is 1667/365 days = 4.5 years your daughter needs to leave the lights off to pay for an extra sled trip.

lights out
 
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Team Elkhorn

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It never ends, then you have grand kids. When they stay over, the washer and dryer never stop. Every light switch, TV, etc is on all at once. Even my 300 watt outside spotlights (x2), 150 watt garage and basement shop lights (x8), somehow were left on for two days until I noticed them leaving for work on Monday morning.:confused:
 
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catalac

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Team Elkhorn said:
It never ends, then you have grand kids. When they stay over, the washer and dryer never stop. Every light switch, TV, etc is on all at once. Even my 300 watt outside spotlights (x2), 150 watt garage and basement shop lights (x8), somehow were left on for two days until I noticed them leaving for work on Monday morning.:confused:
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Ha Ha. Right there with you my friend.

Made my 9 yr. old boy take a shower while I went out to the shed. Came back in 1/2 hr. or so he's still in there singing. Walls were dripping with sweat and he say's my 50 gal quick recovering water heater is turning cold!
I won't say what I told him, it wouldn't be nice on JD.
 
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lenny

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catalac said:
Ha Ha. Right there with you my friend.

Made my 9 yr. old boy take a shower while I went out to the shed. Came back in 1/2 hr. or so he's still in there singing. Walls were dripping with sweat and he say's my 50 gal quick recovering water heater is turning cold!
I won't say what I told him, it wouldn't be nice on JD.
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tell me about it, I have 2 girls and they sing and just sit there. Really drives me crazy. Let's come up with a reasonable fix. I have grounded, taken away toys,,,,whatever and it works for a while but a few weeks later they are back there just like before. Next water heater will be a pass through, probably kids will be moved out by the time it pays for itself,,,lol
 
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MZEMS2

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LOL.......thanks for the giggles on this gloomy Sunday morning.......you poor bastards!!!!!! LOL......I went through a what I thought was a traumatic time with one son. I consider myself very lucky after reading your stories. I tip my hat to you all for not being in the weekly homicide mugshot list. :D.

Now, why is it so dark in this room? me to wife, Honey, turn on the lights!!!!!
 
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Team Elkhorn

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lenny said:
tell me about it, I have 2 girls and they sing and just sit there. Really drives me crazy. Let's come up with a reasonable fix. I have grounded, taken away toys,,,,whatever and it works for a while but a few weeks later they are back there just like before. Next water heater will be a pass through, probably kids will be moved out by the time it pays for itself,,,lol
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My wife put a wall clock in both the bath rooms so the kids could keep track of how long they were in the shower. All it did was start arguments about time.
"Hurry up in there! You've been in there over half an hour!":mad:
"No, its only been 25 minutes.":rolleyes:
 
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reiley99

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I work for a company called blue terra energy out of Hancock we are the guys that come to your house and install free thermostats and replace your light bulbs and shower heads and facet airators to 1.5 gpm and let me tell you I changed everything in my house saves me big time on water
 
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Woodtic

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Almost wet myself on this one. "I'm not going to the cabin,unless my boy friend can come. He does'nt need a sled,he can just ride yours Dad."
 
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reiley99

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Woodtic said:
Almost wet myself on this one. "I'm not going to the cabin,unless my boy friend can come. He does'nt need a sled,he can just ride yours Dad."
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that's the sled you fray up the throttle cable and put air in the brake lines. and make sure your insurance is up to date
 
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eagle1

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Great thread.
Ha,ha my daughter was the same way. .....but I ended up getting the last laugh.
Her boyfriends ( now husband) brother moved in with them. After 2 month she was calling
the wife complaining on how many showers he takes, how much laundry he
does, and how much electricity he uses playing video games. I think i laughed for a week straight.
Wife just said " guess she's taking after you now". lol
Amazing what they learn when its there own money!
 
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skutr

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When my kids (2 teenage boys) walk out of a room and leave the lights or TV on I make them pay 25 cents per item. That can add up quickly when there's 3 lights + 1 TV + 1 PS3 + 1 computer.

Yesterday I made $2.00 :)
 
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