gas heaters for garage
What are the biggest energy consumers in a two-story house?
What are the biggest energy savers or reducers in a two story house?
6bdrm/5bath
I have two ac units.
One gas water heater for downstairs
electric water heater for upstairs
double gas ovens
gas stove
one side by side fridge inside
one side by side fridge in the garage
a two- door wine cooler inside
microwave
toaster
toaster oven
dishwasher
yard sprinklers
gas chimney heater
so many good and funny answers. guys, thanks for the icon compliments you all are just awesome!!
Hey Czar, nice icon dude. I get a lot of questions like this teaching solar power seminars, and what amazes me most is how easy it is for so many people to offer an answer without ever looking at your house. I could guess that the AC is your biggest user, we have central air, it came with the house, but we only run it a couple times a year, so I don’t think it amounts to much. Electrically, I would suspect that fridge in the garage first. I am guessing it is an older one, maybe from your kitchen when you replaced it, and didn’t know what to do with the old one, so it got stuck in the garage and plugged in. Usually the older models are less efficient, and usually the garage is pretty warm, so it has to work pretty hard to keep those three snapples cool all day and night.
What you really need is some real data, and it isn’t hard to get to. We live in a home that is powered by the wind and sun, which means we have a finite amount of electricity. For that reason, we squeeze every electron that comes from our solar array, and I know where each one goes in our place. There is a device called a, “Killowatt Meter,” I would suggest getting one. They cost about $30 online. They look like a lamp timer, you plug it into the wall and plug in any appliance with a cord on it. Then the little digital readout tells you how much power it is using at any given moment, how much it has used since you plugged the meter in, and some other stuff too. If you get one, try plugging that garage fridge in for a week, see how many kilowatthours it has used, then figure out how much it would be for a month, and multiply it by the rate you pay on your electric bill. You won’t be able to plug your central AC into it, but here is something fun. Plug the cord from your electronically ignited gas oven into it, I bet it uses very little most of the time, then several hundred watts while you are lighting up a burner, for a few seconds. Try everything in your house with a cord on it, it’s pretty interesting, and you’ll have a better answer to your question in the end. Take care, Rudydoo
