Glenda Copeland wrote:
On Tue, 18 May 2010 01:53:25 +0000 (UTC), Glenda Copeland wrote:

Just bought a dozen Leviton decora single pole 15A 120VAC lighted
rocker switches (model 5611, aka model 105-05611-21S).
Do you know how much power a lighted switch uses?

You guys have cheap electricity!

I just pulled out my California PG&E bill to check the numbers (I
can't believe you guys pay only a dime per Kwh!!!!!. Lucky you!)

My baseline is 365.4Kwh at 12¢/Kwh
Then for 101% to 130% of baseline, it's 14¢/Kwh.
For 131% to 200%, it's 29¢/Kwh.
And, for the last few weeks of the month, at 201% to 300% of
baseline, it's 43¢/month.

I averaged this to about 35¢/Kwh because I didn't know how to do the
math otherwise (I used over 150 Kwh at the 131% to 200% rate and 256
Kwh at the 29¢ rate).

.1W/bulb x 12switches x 20hours/day x 365days/year x 35¢/Kwh x
1Kwh/1000KW = $3.00/year

It would be nice to see what others pay for 201% to 300% over
baseline 'cuz if it's 10¢, you have the deal of the century!

in our area, the rate during the day is 2x the rate for nighttime or
weekends, so we try to schedule our heavy usage for off peak. nighttime
rates are in the .07kwh range.

i run a couple of kilns, at about 8kh each, which can run for 2-3 days
straight, so i couldn't afford to live in ca.

however, i just installed a 7.5kw pv cell array, so my day costs are 0.