Donna Ohl, Grady Volunteer Coordinator wrote:

On Sat, 16 Feb 2008 14:14:46 -0800, Anthony Matonak wrote:


I'm only one person but I average about 5 therms a month.



Wow. 5 therms a month is extremely low, it seems to me.

The US Department of Energy assumes the "average" houshold uses a bit less
than 1/2 a therm a day *just* for the water heater alone!

43,302 kJ/day = 41,045 Btu/day = 0.4105 therm/day

That would be 15 therms a month just for hot water for the average
household in America. I wonder if Europe uses the same amount?





We used 30 therms in both July / Aug (hot water & furnace pilot) - US.