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John___Angela
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Oct 15, 2013

Interesting results of power use audit when dry camping.

So we have been dry camping for about a week in fairly lousy and cold weather (read below freezing every night. So as we have to be here for a few more days I decided to see what sucks the most power...
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John___Angela
Explorer
Oct 16, 2013
MrWizard wrote:
from previous energy logging at the inverter with a watt/power meter

we use approximately 1.4~1.6 kwHr per day , for fridge..lighting..TV..PC..


Now thats what you call energy conservation. I am willing to bet we are north of 4 KWHR per day on colder days like these. Gotta figure, the TV probably sucks up as much power as you use by itself. Oh well. Maybe I'll watch for a sale on a TV at Costco. :)

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