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Default Why are motors not current limited?

On Wed, 25 Apr 2018 14:21:04 -0700 (PDT), trader_4
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And that's about right. Sure we have more devices like tablets, smartphones,
LCD TVs. But they use little power. The reduction with more energy
efficient AC, lighting, TV, furnace blowers, etc has more than offset
the increase in number of appliances.


Pretty flat for about 20 years.
https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/EG.USE.ELEC.KH.PC?locations=US

You'll probably find that the usage of central AC has increased,
largely offsetting the efficiencies you note.