Refrigerator & water heaters
In between trips is it OK to leave our refrigerator and water heater plugged in.
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Hi,
You can leave both on but there will be costs.
The fridge uses 5.7 KWH per day if the door is not opened and the ambient temperatures are around 20 c (68 f)
The water heater may cyle once every 4 hours and run for 15 minutes. Typically they are 1200 watts so it may use 1.8 Kwh.
Together that totals about 7.5 Kwh.
My local electrical costs are 12.5 cents per Kwh, so that is about $0.94 cents per day.
Personally I turn both the fridge and water heater off between trips.
You can leave both on but there will be costs.
The fridge uses 5.7 KWH per day if the door is not opened and the ambient temperatures are around 20 c (68 f)
The water heater may cyle once every 4 hours and run for 15 minutes. Typically they are 1200 watts so it may use 1.8 Kwh.
Together that totals about 7.5 Kwh.
My local electrical costs are 12.5 cents per Kwh, so that is about $0.94 cents per day.
Personally I turn both the fridge and water heater off between trips.
