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| EQUIPMENT | MONTHLY EXPENDITURE | ANNUAL EXPENDITURE | COST PER USE |
| HEATING | |||
| Portable Electric Space Heater | $7 for 60 hours | $30 for 250 hours | 10-18 ¢/hour |
| Electric Furnace | $90 for 90 hours | $270 for 270 hours | 80¢ - $1.20 /hour |
| MONTHLY EXPENDITURE | ANNUAL EXPENDITURE | COST PER USE | |
| Central Air Conditioner | |||
 Typical
new |
$44 for 7 hrs/day (in the summer) | $175 for 900 hrs/yr | 16-23 ¢/hour |
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$35 for 7 hrs/day (in the summer) | $140 for 900 hrs/yr | 13-19 ¢/hour |
| Wall/Room Air Conditioner | $14 for 175 hrs/mo (in the summer) | $55 for 700 hrs/yr | 7-10 ¢/hour |
| Evaporative Cooler ("Swamp Cooler") | $1.50 for 40 hrs (in the summer) | $6 for 150 hrs | 3-5 ¢/hour |
| Whole House Fan | $9 for 12 hrs/day | $80 for 3300 hrs/yr* | 2-5 ¢/hour |
| Portable Fan | $1 for 100 hrs/mo (in the summer) | $3 | 1 ¢/hour |
| KITCHEN | MONTHLY EXPENDITURE | ANNUAL EXPENDITURE | COST PER USE |
| Electric Range | $4, assuming 1 hr/day | $48 | 10-16 ¢/hr, per burner |
| Electric Oven | $6.60 for 40 hrs | $82 for 500 hrs | 14-19 ¢/hr |
| Microwave Oven | 60 ¢/hr | $11 for 8 hrs | 1¢ for 5 mins |
| Dishwasher | $4.50 for 1 cycle/day | $54 for 360 cycles | 13-18 ¢/cycle |
| Refrigerator | |||
| Typical
1972 model |
$11 | $132 | 36 ¢/day |
| Typical
1990 model |
$6 | $70 | 19 ¢/day |
| Typical
2000 model |
$5 | $59 | 16 ¢/day |
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$3.50 | $43 | 12 ¢/day |
| Stand-Alone Freezer | |||
| Typical
1978 model |
$6 | $75 | 18-23 ¢/day |
| Typical
1997 model |
$3 | $35 | 8-11 ¢/day |
| Blender | 5¢, assuming 5 uses/week | less than $1/year | less than 1¢ |
| Toaster | 10¢, assuming 1 use/day | $1.20, assuming 1 use/day | 0.3-0.4¢ |
| Waffle Iron/Sandwich Grill | 20¢, assuming 2 hours/mo | $2.40, assuming 1 use/week | 5¢ for 30 mins |
| Coffee Maker | $3-4, assuming 1 use/day | $44, assuming 1 use/day | 10-14 ¢/brew |
| LAUNDRY | MONTHLY EXPENDITURE | ANNUAL EXPENDITURE | COST PER USE |
| Note: Expenditures for dryers and clothes washers assume 1 load per day. | |||
| Electric Clothes Dryer | $11 | $135 | 30-45¢/load |
| Clothes Washer w/ electric water heater: | |||
| hot
wash & warm rinse |
$22 | $260 | 65-80¢/load |
| warm
wash & cold rinse |
$7.50 | $93 | 20-30¢/load |
| LIGHTING | MONTHLY EXPENDITURE | ANNUAL EXPENDITURE | COST PER USE |
| Light bulb, single | |||
| 75-watt
incandescent |
87¢ for 150 hrs | $10.50 for 1825 hrs | 0.5 ¢/hr |
| 18-watt
fluorescent |
21¢ for 150 hrs | $2.50 for 1825 hrs | 0.1 ¢/hr |
| 25-watt
tube fluorescent |
29¢ for 50 hrs | $3.50 for 1825 hrs | 0.2 ¢/hr |
| 300-watt
halogen |
$3.50 for 150 hrs | $42 for 1825 hrs | 2 ¢/hr |
| Night
Light |
10¢ for 10 hrs/day | $1.20 for 10 hrs/day | 0.3 ¢/day |
| Total lighting cost, typical house | $9 | $107 | 25-50¢/day |
| WATER HEATING | MONTHLY EXPENDITURE | ANNUAL EXPENDITURE | COST PER USE |
| Conventional electric water heater | $32 | $390 | 90¢-$1.30/day |
| Electric heat pump water heater | $13 | $160 | 40-60¢/day |
| HOME ENTERTAINMENT | MONTHLY EXPENDITURE | ANNUAL EXPENDITURE | COST PER USE |
| Television, 27-inch | $1.30 for 90 hrs (3 hrs/day) | $16 for 1000 hrs/yr | 1-2¢/hr |
| VCR | 5¢, assuming 2 movies/wk | $1 | under 1 ¢/movie |
| Boombox | 70¢ for 90 hrs (3 hrs/day) | $8 for 1000 hrs/yr | under 1 ¢/hr |
| Stereo, Component System | $1-$1.50, assuming 10 hrs/wk | $15, assuming 520 hrs/yr | 2-4¢/hr |
| OTHER/MISCELLANEOUS | MONTHLY EXPENDITURE | ANNUAL EXPENDITURE | COST PER USE |
| Clock | 30-50¢ | $5 | 0.05 ¢/hr |
| Aquarium | $2-$4, assuming 10 hrs/day | $40 | 6-10¢/day (10 hrs on/day) |
| Hair Dryer | $1.20, assuming 1 use/day | $10, assuming 1 use/day | 3-5¢ per 15 min use |
| Cordless Phone | 16¢ | $1.90 | n/a |
| Christmas Lights | $16, assuming December only | $16, assuming December only | 8¢/hr for 100 lights |
Suwannee Valley Electric Cooperative, Inc.
11340 100th Street Live Oak Florida 32060
Tel. 386-362-2226 Fax 386-364-5008
| Last Updated 03/15/2010
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