EQUIPMENT | MONTHLY EXPENDITURE | |||
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| HEATING | ||||
| Portable Electric Space Heater | $7 for 60 hours | |||
| Electric Furnace | $90 for 90 hours | |||
| Natural Gas Furnace | $100 for 150 hours | |||
| Pilot Light | $3 | |||
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| Central Air Conditioner | ||||
| Typical new | $44 for 7 hrs/day (in the summer) | |||
| *ENERGY STAR-labeled | $35 for 7 hrs/day (in the summer) | |||
| Wall/Room Air Conditioner | $14 for 175 hrs/mo (in the summer) | |||
| Evaporative Cooler ("Swamp Cooler") | $1.50 for 40 hrs (in the summer) | |||
| Whole House Fan | $9 for 12 hrs/day | |||
| Portable Fan | $1 for 100 hrs/mo (in the summer) | |||
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| KITCHEN | ||||
| Electric Range | $4, assuming 1 hr/day | |||
| Gas Range | $1.50, assuming 1 hr/day | |||
| Electric Oven | $6.60 for 40 hrs | |||
| Gas Oven | $2.80 for 40 hrs | |||
| Microwave Oven | 60 ¢/hr | |||
| Dishwasher | $4.50 for 1 cycle/day | |||
| Refrigerator | ||||
| Typical 1972 model | $11 | |||
| Typical 1990 model | $6 | |||
| Typical 2000 model | $5 | |||
| *Energy Star-labeled 2000 model | $3.50 | |||
| Stand-Alone Freezer | ||||
| Typical 1978 model | $6 | |||
| Typical 1997 model | $3 | |||
| Blender | 5¢, assuming 5 uses/week | |||
| Toaster | 10¢, assuming 1 use/day | |||
| Waffle Iron/Sandwich Grill | 20¢, assuming 2 hours/mo | |||
| Coffee Maker | $3-4, assuming 1 use/day | |||
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| LAUNDRY | ||||
| Note: Expenditures for dryers and clothes washers assume 1 load per day. | ||||
| Electric Clothes Dryer | $11 | |||
| Gas Clothes Dryer | $4 | |||
| Clothes Washer w/ electric water heater: | ||||
| hot wash & warm rinse | $22 | |||
| warm wash & cold rinse | $7.50 | |||
| Clothes Washer w/ gas water heater: | ||||
| hot wash & warm rinse | $6 | |||
| warm wash & cold rinse | $2.70 | |||
| cold wash & cold rinse | $1.25 | |||
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| LIGHTING | ||||
| Light bulb, single | ||||
| 75-watt incandescent | 87¢ for 150 hrs | |||
| 18-watt fluorescent | 21¢ for 150 hrs | |||
| 25-watt tube fluorescent | 29¢ for 50 hrs | |||
| 300-watt halogen | $3.50 for 150 hrs | |||
| Night Light | 10¢ for 10 hrs/day | |||
| Total lighting cost, typical house | $9 | |||
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| WATER HEATING | ||||
| Conventional gas water heater | $13 | |||
| Conventional electric water heater | $32 | |||
| Electric heat pump water heater | $13 | |||
| Oil Water Heater | $19 | |||
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| HOME ENTERTAINMENT | ||||
| Television, 27-inch | $1.30 for 90 hrs (3 hrs/day) | |||
| VCR | 5¢, assuming 2 movies/wk | |||
| Boombox | 70¢ for 90 hrs (3 hrs/day) | |||
| Stereo, Component System | $1-$1.50, assuming 10 hrs/wk | |||
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| OTHER/MISCELLANEOUS | ||||
| Clock | 30-50¢ | |||
| Aquarium | $2-$4, assuming 10 hrs/day | |||
| Hair Dryer | $1.20, assuming 1 use/day | |||
| Cordless Phone | 16¢ | |||
| Christmas Lights | $16, assuming December only | |||
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