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"Watson A.Name - Watt Sun" wrote:
question is the implication that the 100 dollar drop was due
to changing his lighting. I do not believe it - so I asked
him for numbers.
I have a high rate - 13.5 cents/kWh. 100 dollars translates to
~740 kWh at that rate. Thats a huge amount of lighting wattage
to save in a month - about 1000 watts of lighting for each and
every hour in a 31 day month (744 hours). Figuring lighting
peak usage is about 8 hours per day, it is even more difficult
to believe that a 100 dollar savings can be achieved by
lighting conversion. He may have a higher rate - I've heard
of a rate of almost 26 cents per kWh - and he may have a huge
amount of lighting - I don't know. But he can post the numbers
- how many lights he converted and the wattage savings for
each light would give a starting point, and any other numbers
he has may complete the picture. He may have done an analysis
to identify how much he saved by the lighting conversion - or
he may merely have seen his bill drop and not determined what
part the lighting played in making it drop.
How do I know what?In article <3F9B2231.1F7899B3@bellatlantic.net>,
ehsjr@bellatlantic.net mentioned...
oldsoundguy wrote:
hmmmmm .. bet you haven't been into a lighting store in a long time.
There are now full spectrum fluroescensts out now .. not terribly
expensive .. I changed over 90% of the lighting in my home to same ..
inital cost with rebates from the local power company was about 200 to
250 usd .. I saved 100 in electrical costs the first month of use.
I do not believe that. Implied is that the 100 dollar savings
was due to the lighting change. Your electric bill may very
well have been 100 dollars lower - but what numbers do you have
concerning how many dollars the lighting change saved you?
How do you know that?
I don't question that the bill could drop 100 - what IHe could have an electric bill that's over a
thousand dollars, in which case a hundred dollar savings would be a
drop in the bucket, easily attainable.
question is the implication that the 100 dollar drop was due
to changing his lighting. I do not believe it - so I asked
him for numbers.
I have a high rate - 13.5 cents/kWh. 100 dollars translates to
~740 kWh at that rate. Thats a huge amount of lighting wattage
to save in a month - about 1000 watts of lighting for each and
every hour in a 31 day month (744 hours). Figuring lighting
peak usage is about 8 hours per day, it is even more difficult
to believe that a 100 dollar savings can be achieved by
lighting conversion. He may have a higher rate - I've heard
of a rate of almost 26 cents per kWh - and he may have a huge
amount of lighting - I don't know. But he can post the numbers
- how many lights he converted and the wattage savings for
each light would give a starting point, and any other numbers
he has may complete the picture. He may have done an analysis
to identify how much he saved by the lighting conversion - or
he may merely have seen his bill drop and not determined what
part the lighting played in making it drop.