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    This document discusses how household electricity bills are calculated. It explains that electricity is measured in kilowatt-hours (kWh) and most bills charge per kWh. As an example, the document shows the calculation for a household that uses 4 100W bulbs for 6 hours per day and 4 60W fans for 8 hours per day. This works out to 73.92 kWh per month and a cost of $318.72 at $4.40 per kWh. It also provides tips for reducing electricity consumption and bills, such as using energy efficient appliances and turning items off when not in use.

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    This document discusses how household electricity bills are calculated. It explains that electricity is measured in kilowatt-hours (kWh) and most bills charge per kWh. As an example, the document shows the calculation for a household that uses 4 100W bulbs for 6 hours per day and 4 60W fans for 8 hours per day. This works out to 73.92 kWh per month and a cost of $318.72 at $4.40 per kWh. It also provides tips for reducing electricity consumption and bills, such as using energy efficient appliances and turning items off when not in use.

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    Household Electricity Bill Calculation

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    This document discusses how household electricity bills are calculated. It explains that electricity is measured in kilowatt-hours (kWh) and most bills charge per kWh. As an example, the document shows the calculation for a household that uses 4 100W bulbs for 6 hours per day and 4 60W fans for 8 hours per day. This works out to 73.92 kWh per month and a cost of $318.72 at $4.40 per kWh. It also provides tips for reducing electricity consumption and bills, such as using energy efficient appliances and turning items off when not in use.

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    HOUSEHOLD ELECTRICITY BILL

    CALCULATION
    INTRODUCTION
    • Electricity is a form of energy and it
    occurs in nature, so it was not “invented.”

    • Benjamin Franklin for


    discovering electricity. Benjamin Franklin
    had one of the greatest scientific minds of
    his time.
    ELECTRICITY METER
    • Electricity meters read inkWh (kilowatt-hour)
    – this is a unit of energy: power times time
    – 1 kWh is 1,000 W over 1 hr = 3,600 seconds
    • or 1 W over 1000 hours, or 100 W over 10 hours
    – thus 1 kWh = 3,600,000 J (= 860 kcal)
    • My electricity bill indicates a cost of $0.13 per
    kWh
    – try getting 860 kcal of food for $0.13
    – lesson: eat your electricity—it’scheap!
    – tastes bad, though: burnt tongue smell/taste
    House hold electric metres

    • Its is used to measure electric bill


    OR SIMPLE CALCULATION
    • 4 Bulb of 100W and use it 6 hours per day,
    Also you have 4 fans of 60W each and the usage is
    8 hours per day

    • So your total energy consumption will be =4x100x6


    +4x60x8 = 4320 Wh perday
    Per monthly consumption will be = 4.32x30 =73.92
    KWh =73.92 Units (1KWh =1units)

    • The cost of 1 unit is 4.4 RS/Units

    • Therefore ,The Total cost will be


    73.92x4.4=318.72 Rs
    Measuring your electricity
    consumption
    • All houses/apartments have energy meters to monitor
    electricity usage

    – the bill is based on


    • Dials accumulate KWh of usage
    • Disk turns at rate proportional to power consumption
    – Kh value is the number of Watt-hours per turn (1 Wh = 3600 J)
    • Example: one turn in 10 sec
    (7.2 Wh)(3600 J/Wh)/(10 sec)  2592 J/s  2.6 kW
    • Takes 138.9 turns for 1 kWh
    Reading those tricky dials
    • Let’s say you want to read a utility electricity meter…
    • Be careful to note the direction of the numbers (usually
    flips back and forth)
    • Rounddown is the safe bet
    • Note the third dial below looks like 5, but it’s really 4.9
    (next digit is anine)
    – so looking at next dial helps you figure out rounding
    – note second dial halfway between 0 and 1: next digit ~5
    • This meter reads 5049.9
    – the 9.9 reads between the lines in the last dial
    Measuring the wheel rate
    • Recall that the Kh constant is Watt-hours per turn of the disk
    – so power is Kh3600diskrate
    – units are: (Watt-hour)(sec/hour)(turns/sec)
    • On top of the rotating disk are tick marks with labels every
    10 units.
    – 100 units around disk
    • If disk is moving slowly, can measure half a rotation*
    – example: from 30 to 80 or 70 to 20
    • If disk is moving fast, can measure time for 5 or 10 rotations
    • The the turns/sec could be, for example:
    – 0.5 turns / 132.0 sec  98 W for Kh  7.2
    – 10 turns / 44.0 sec  5890 W for Kh  7.2
    – 0.2 turns / 35.0 sec  148 W for Kh  7.2
    Example day electricity profile
    • Run microwave (1000 W) for 12 minutes total (0.2 hr)
    – 0.2 kWh
    • Clothes washer (300 W) for 1hour
    – 0.3 kWh
    • Clothes dryer (5000 W) for 1hour
    – 5 kWh
    • Movie on TV/DVD (200 W) for 2hours
    – 0.4 kWh
    • Desktop computer (100 W) on all day
    – 2.4 kWh
    • Refrigerator (average 75 W) on all day
    – 1.8 kWh
    • Lights (total 400 W) for 5 hours
    – 2 kWh
    • Total comes to 12.1kWh: nottoo different from average usage
    – costs about $1.50 at $0.13 per kWh
    Energy Profile
    • Looking at my bills April 2018–March
    2019, I saw that my household (2 people)
    used:
    – 3730 kWh of electricity in a year  10.3 kWh/
    day
    BEST TIPS TO REDUCE OUR
    ELECTRICITY BILL
    • Refrigerator and freezer
    • Automatic dryers are good, but not good for the health of your
    electricity bill
    • Turning on all the gadgets simultaneously
    • Do you use air conditioners?
    • Off-peak times could be a great idea
    • When did you check on your HVAC (Heating, ventilation, and air
    conditioning) the last?
    • What temperature does your home water heater run on?
    • Washing machine and dish wash hacks
    • Dimmer switches
    • Look for energy star label when buying appliances
    • Again dishwasher
    • Microwaves
    • Compact fluorescent lightbulbs
    • Plant a lot of trees

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