How much electricity do you use a day, on average?

[SSSnail]

I just recently looked at my utility bill, and apparently I'm using 7Kwh/day. Is that a lot, not enough? Somebody throw me a freaking bone here...

 

[OVerLoRDI]

Here is my usage at a house (combined with 20 other people), during my bitcoin mining days. I started in February, but the graph doesn't go that far back. Guess what month I moved out?

Edit: 7kwh/day? holy crap man.

 

[jteef]

a lot this month! i could have probably gotten away with not using the AC this month but it was pretty humid.
Month 4/20/11 3/21/12 4/20/12
Avg. Temp 69.1 F 64.8 F 70.2 F
Cost $73 $88 $123
kWh 557 691 965
Days of Service 29 29 30
Avg. Daily kWh 19 24 32

 

[RockinZ28]

Hmm, guess the built in screenshot option on this rom sux.

7kWh is probably fairly low. That's a good thing, why would it not be enough?

 

[BoomerD]

I don't have a current spreadsheet, but in 08, the last year I ran one, we were averaging about 900 Kw/month. (low of about 600, high of about 1400 in the summer) A couple of years before that, we were averaging about 1100 Kw/mo, with one extremely HOT month over 2100 Kw.

 

[KLin]

1.21 gigawatts

 

[BoomerD]

1.21 gigawatts

If you'd take that 220 volt cattle prod out of your ass, your PG&E bill would drop considerably. ()

 

[jagec]

You're right, 7 kWh is way too low. You must now buy a hot tub and leave it turned up to 110 all the time with no cover on before the feds get you for your un-American ways.

 

[Eli]

7kW is very low. That's only about 210kWh/mo.

The lowest I've ever had my bill was about 325kWh. It was 523kWh last month, or 16.34kWh/day since it was a 32 day billing cycle.

 

[Mr. Pedantic]

We average around 35kWh per day. About 10 of those come from me folding.

 

[natto fire]

On an average day, about 3.7 Wh, depends if I get the munchies or not.

 

[Dr. Zaus]

60-83 a day.

I've got a 3k square ft 5 bedroom dome house... so when I turn on the heater in the winter or the window-units after it rains in the summer, it's pricey. I also have 2 people per bedroom.

Also: I've got a computer for every bedroom + another for the living room and another for the TV room.

52inch in the TV room that I post/work/watch TV on and then two other HDs a 32 and a 42 in two bedrooms.

I also run a humidifier, all the time, in my room and from march to November the swamp cooler is usually going non-stop.

Also I don't turn off the lights.

So, OP, per-person you seem to be right-on with what I use (if you are, as I would expect, forever alone)

 

[DrPizza]

You don't use electricity, you use energy. So, how much electricity do I use? None.

In fact, I teach physics, and don't really know what "electricity" is. Define it.

 

[rcpratt]

My bills are usually about $70/mo or so, so at $0.12/kWh, that's 583 kWh/mo, 19.4 kWh/day.

 

[vi edit]

39kw a day. I'd love to try and throw a kill-o-watt on the well pump that I use to get water in my house. It's got 220v power running to it and is a constant pressure pump. Any time water is being used the pump is running. If my wife and I both take showers then there is close to 25 minutes of continuous running. Flush a pot...running. Brush your teeth...running. Washing dishes...running.

That's got to add up. Just wonder how much.

 

[boomhower]

37/day. 2 adults and two kids. 1500sq/ft house. Everyone has a laptop, HTPC runs 24/7, 55" plasma in the living room, 47" LCD in the bedroom plus the kids TV's and video games. Power bill usually runs ~$120 and I'm more than OK with that compared to what it was at my last place. I think the heatpump is the main reason it's so low.

 

[Mixolydian]

Wow you guys have such low usage. My bill just dipped below 1000kwh/month for the first time in over 24 months. I wonder why.

 

[Vic Vega]

...

 

[nickbits]

20-50/day (depending on weather)

 

[NoCreativity]

8 months of the year about 12/day.
4 months of the year about 25-30/day.

 

[gbeirn]

My past bill for March was 1.2kWh/day but I am pretty frugal.

 

[terry107]

Winter = about 30.5 kwh/day
Summer = about 75 kwh/day

Bills range from under $100 to about $250.

 

[Svnla]

My last electricity bill (April) had 194 Kwh or about 6.47 Kwh/day. It will go up because summer is almost here.

 

[BurnItDwn]

I've been using between 600-800 monthly kwh from Last Oct to this March
So around 20-27kwh per day usually.

Worst 2 months over the last 24 months...
1461 August 2011. 41kwh/day
1955 August 2010. 63kwh/day

I live in a 1000 sq foot ranch with full basement. My Central AC unit is VERY old and is due to be replaced in the next year or two future. I suspect this will cut down my summer usage by 20-30%

 

[SSSnail]

So, OP, per-person you seem to be right-on with what I use (if you are, as I would expect, forever alone)

You see, you could have just commented without your dickery. But since you invited, i'm willing to bet that a page of my passport is probably more exciting than your entire life, and that i'm more successful, and live in a more desirable location (and possibly will outlive you while i'm here), been with more women, etc... And more humble and modest than you. Only a giant penis would come on a forum and be so condescending to a complete stranger.