In normal use, I get 3 and 4 amps at my house, and I can run the entire place (all lights, computers, clocks, refrigerators, TVs- everything we use normally) on a 3kW generator that's so underloaded we have to turn on every light in the house to get my computer UPS to quit whining about a 125V overvoltage. I'd imagine this is typical of most homes. I can even run my heat pump off it if I'm careful to turn everything else off.
But I have electric heat, hot water, cooking and everything else so it spikes, and most of my energy cost is related to this.
Did you meter invidual branches and see where the current draw was coming from? I agree, that's the next obvious course of action.
Last edited by SteveFehr; 03/25/07 12:05 PM.
