On 9-3-2009 10:37, Invisible wrote:
> andrel wrote:
> 
>> Are you cooking electric? How do you heat your house?
> 
> Both of those are gas.

just asking. I think I heard that in the UK many cook electric.
> 
> The microwave oven, however, is electronic. I haven't measured it, but 
> it's rated at 900W. (I have no idea whether that means it uses 900W of 
> juice, or just that it produces 900W of microwave energy.)
> 
>> Anyway, there is this problem that your PC may be on for periods much 
>> longer that the washing machine.
> 
> Like I said, playing CSS (which you're presume is a reasonably intensive 
> task) for 2 hours solid used a fraction of one kWh. I don't know what it 
> uses if I run the computer for an entire day (presumably it varies by 
> the task I set it to do), but I imagine running the washing machine 
> several times per day 

Why would you do that? We do on average one wash a week, I think.

> - or accidentally leaving the lights on -

Depends on the lights.

> uses far  more power.

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