power consumption question

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  1. Mr_Del

    Mr_Del Regular member

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    I am having severe power drain in my home. went from 1500kw to 2500kw then to 3100kw. I am trying to determine where the drain is. Here is what I did to get some numbers.

    I turned off everything except the fridge and turned on, one at a time, the AC and the dryer. here are the results.

    The AC causes the wheel on the meter to make one rotation in 7 seconds.

    The dryer only takes 3.5 seconds.

    It is obvious the dryer is using more power. But am having trouble with the math to figure each units watt usage. I dont know what one revolution means. Current power cost is avg 8 cents Kwh. Not only do I want to know the wattage I also want to know an assumed 24hr usage of both in cost amount.

    If you can help then thanks.

    -Del
     
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    ddp Moderator Staff Member

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    are those numbers for a month or what? do you have air conditioning?
     
  3. Mr_Del

    Mr_Del Regular member

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    Yes the big numbers are for one months use. Air conditioning is mentioned up there. (AC)

    -Del
     
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