NancyHawaii
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My nephew moved into his apartment last month for 5 days then was gone for the next month. Just received his first bill, from 12/5 to 1/10 (he was only there from 12/5 to 12/10), the kWh used was 289.
When he was gone, we couldn't find which breaker for the water heater so couldn't turn it off. Other than water heater and refrigerator, everything else was shut down.
The water heater is a small 40 gallon under the kitchen cabinet.
I'm assuming, although the water heater was on, it still used less electricity because it was just keeping the water hot as compared to when he's home and running the hot water?
I thought the usage would be alot less than 289 kWh. I did some research and for a small apartment refrigerator, it would consume about 50 kWh per month...so that would mean the water heater consumed almost 240 kWh/month when the apartment was empty??
Thanks...any clarification would be greatly appreciated.
When he was gone, we couldn't find which breaker for the water heater so couldn't turn it off. Other than water heater and refrigerator, everything else was shut down.
The water heater is a small 40 gallon under the kitchen cabinet.
I'm assuming, although the water heater was on, it still used less electricity because it was just keeping the water hot as compared to when he's home and running the hot water?
I thought the usage would be alot less than 289 kWh. I did some research and for a small apartment refrigerator, it would consume about 50 kWh per month...so that would mean the water heater consumed almost 240 kWh/month when the apartment was empty??
Thanks...any clarification would be greatly appreciated.