Household Electricity Usage (35 pt)

This lab requires you to perform several tasks: look at your utility bill, record the wattage of your light bulbs and estimate how much time they are on, and research electricity usage for your appliances.

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Lab: Household Electricity Usage (35 pt)

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I. ELECTRICITY USE IN YOUR HOME

A. What you use electricity for:

1) Do you use electricity to heat your home/apartment?(0.25 pt)

2) Do you use electricity to heat a hot water tank? (0.25 pt)

3) What are the items that you think use the most electricity on a daily basis in your home in the winter? Summer? (refrigerator? space heaters? air conditioners? Extremely bright outdoor lights?) (0.25 pt)

4) Does your household use energy-intensive equipment occasionally, such as a dishwasher, space heater, blow drier, clothes drier, etc?others? If so, what kinds? (0.25 pt)

B. Information from your power bill: Here is one example:

SKU # 100 1654075 Model A7A19A100WESOUT LISTED 4EU2 15.5W 1680LUMENS 120 ED LAMP E345327 500OK 163mA 60Hz Made in China 1907\fI's utility bill.jpg - IrfanView (Zoom: 695 x 664) --6 X File Edit Image Options View Help 2/2 City of Tacoma Public Utilities Statement NAME SUE HABECK & JAY W HIMMELMAN TACOMA PUBLIC UTILITIES hacoma Account# Billing Period 09-08-10 - 11-04-10 Page 1 type of service meter # curr read prev read mult consumption cost/unit amount Tacoma Power (253) 502-8600 Public Utilities Energy Use 11-04-10 8239 97 2200 $0.031081/KWH $68.38 Delivery 11-04-10 2200 $0.030981/KWH $68.16 Customer Charge 11-04-10 $5.50/Month $11.00 Subtotal $147.54 Tacoma Water (253) 502-8600 Public Utilities Consumption 09-30-10 165990 931.820 929.480 2.340 $1.251000/CCF $2.93 Consumption 11-04-10 165990 935.400 931.820 3.580 $1.251000/CCF $4.48 Customer Charge 11-04-10 $15.33/Month $30.66 Subtotal $38.07 Solid Waste (253) 591-5543 Public Works Environmental Servic Service 11-04-10 20 Gal Resi Garbage $25.25/Month $50.50 Wastewater (253) 502-2100 Public Works Environmental Service Service 11-04-10 $45.78 Surface Water (253) 502-2100 Public Works Environmental Serv Service 11-04-10 $61.77 Payments Payment 09-22-10 $319.85- INFORMATION CENTER The following taxes are included in your Power charges: Tacoma Gross Earnings Tax of 6.000% -- $8.85 and State Public Utility Tax of 3.873% - $5.71 1 CCF is 100 cubic feet of water - equal to approximately 750 gallons For more information about your account, and to view a variety of graphs and charts, please visit our Web site: Continued on Next Page ACCOUNT SUMMARY AMOUNT DUE Previous bill $319.85 Current - Due 11-19-10 $343.66 Payments $319.85- Outstanding $0.00 Misc. Adjustments/Deposits $0.00 Current $343.66 Account balance $343.66 Pay online 24 hours a day: www tacomaservices or 2668 x 2550 x 24 BPP 2/2 26 % 646.41 KB / 19.46 MB 11/13/2010 / 11:46:43 Start lab & volunteer fall 2010 @Tegrity Player Start Pag... w A utility bill.jpg - IrfanVi.. PG1:20 PMU.S. Government Federal law prohibits removal of this label before consumer purchase ENERGYGUIDE Refrigerator-Freezer Kenmore by Transform SR Brands . Automatic Defrost Management LLC . Bottom-Mounted Freezer Model 7506# . Through-the-Door Ice Capacity : 23.5 Cubic Feet Compare ONLY to other labels with yellow numbers. Labels with yellow numbers are based on the same test procedures. Estimated Yearly Energy Cost $82 Models with $80 $91 similar features Cost Ranges All models $45 $98 682 KWh Estimated Yearly Electricity Use ENERGY STAR . Your cost will depend on your utility rates and use. Both cost ranges based on models of similar size capacity. . Models with similar features have automatic defrost, bottom-mounted freezer, and through-the-door ice. . Estimated energy cost based on a national average electricity cost of 12 cents per KWh. ftc.gov/energy P/No. MEZ62077845_Rev.00