Energy Efficiency Products

July 4, 2000

$120/month 

Normal all-electric home

1200 KW AC per month ($120) = 40 KW/day

30 days

July 4, 2001

$30/month

Future all-electric home

300 KW AC per month ($30) = 10 KW AC/day

30 days

July 4, 2002

$6/month

Better & independent future all-electric home

150 KW DC per month ($6) = 5 KW DC/day

30 days

One watt of DC power is twice as strong as one watt of alternating power (AC).

Sub-compact florescent bulbs use ¼ the energy of standard bulbs and are sold at Home Depot.

Thermal Work Load (T.W.L.) by Williams Control Company provides heating and cooling plus hot water at ¼ the energy usage as a standard heat pump.

The Advantium cooking machine by General Electric cooks all foods with equal quality while using ¼ the energy for ¼ the time. (Cooks 4 times faster.)

A washer/dryer combination unit by Equator Corporation washes and dries your clothes while using ¼ the energy for ½ the time.

Sun-Frost refrigerator uses ¼ the energy of a standard refrigerator.

An 11hp riding lawn mower will power two 2.5 KW big rig generators or 5 KW per hour for 3 hours on one gallon of gasoline. This method can be automated by an auto-start command module from J.C. Whitney  and provides all or part of your energy while you buy photovoltaic panels for free energy.

You do not have to pay road use taxes on gasoline used off-road. When using gasoline for home electricity, $1.00 at the pump will cost $0.60 per gallon for the home.

5 KW   = 1/3 gal. x 60

= .20 day x 30 days

= $6.00/month

Oops: gas was $1.03 ^.9 per gallon at the pump when this was circulated with $0.43 cents in federal and state (TN) road use taxes.