What Uses The Most Electricity At Home?

What Uses The Most Electricity At Home? Quick! Without taking ages to think about it, answer this question— What’s responsible for the most electricity usage in your home? And no fair naming people; we’re talking about things.

Did you say the lights? No? Maybe you suddenly had guilty visions of yourself and a favorite video game. Lights and video games make sense, really. They’ve certainly carried their share of the blame through the years for over-the-top electric bills.

And as for wounding rebellious aliens, it does tend to end up wounding your budget as well. However, lights and video games aren’t the biggest electricity usage culprits.

Surprised? Just wait. You might be even more surprised after you read our list of— What Uses The Most Electricity At Home?

1.Heating And Air Conditioners

Yes, the worst offenders are the ones which keep us the most comfortable. Air conditioning accounts for 40% of the electricity used at home.

2.Water Heater

Most of us don’t give the water heater a thought—until something out of the ordinary happens. When our warm, comfortable shower suddenly becomes an icy form of torture, the water heater takes center stage.

Until then, it quietly sucks up nearly 17% of a home’s available energy.

3.Refrigerator

Right behind the water heater, in the race for electricity usage, comes the refrigerator at 13.7%. Considering the fact that, up until now, the appliances we’ve mentioned serve a whole house, this is amazing.

Heaters, air conditioners, and water heaters have to put out a lot of energy. Their jobs are relatively unrestricted. A refrigerator, on the other hand, is enclosed.

Why do refrigerators use so much electricity? One main reason is that if warm air or moisture gets inside your fridge, the compressor works even harder. That means it will draw more energy.

Those three are the biggies. Of course, there are also electricity drainers such as:

• Lights
• Stove
• Dishwasher
• Electronics

But why just list electricity gobblers? We want to also list ways to help. Otherwise, it would be like going for a walk with a friend. We tell the friend their shoelace is untied, then continue to walk. The friend needs a chance to tie their shoes so they can keep walking, too.

With that in mind, here are some ways to help your appliances go on an electricity diet. Make them cut down on their energy gobbling.

To Increase Efficiency And Cut Down On Electricity Use –

1.The Heater/Air Conditioner

• Install a programmable thermostat—Then you can pre-set a schedule when the temperature needs to be higher or lower.
  
• Block air leaks—These can happen around doors and under sinks. Known as drafts in the wintertime, they can occur around, or even through, windows. Air leaks can come in through outlets and flooring.
  
• Consider plastic kits for the windows. Talk about surprises…these kits don’t seem like they would work, but they really do.
  
• Keep changing filters so the furnace and air conditioner both have clean filters.

2.Water Heater

• Turn down the thermostat
• Insulate the pipes and your water tank
• Wash clothes in cold water

3.Refrigerator

• Move it away from the stove
• Replace seals if needed
• Organize contents, removing clutter
• Don’t leave the door open

Miscellaneous:

• Use dimmer switches on lights
  
• Don’t leave lights on
  
• Close laptops.
  
• Don’t use dishwasher until full
  
• Wash clothes as full loads
  
• Use cold water to wash clothing—This is one trick too many people overlook. Warm water causes colors to fade and fabric to wear out sooner. Using cold water helps in those ways, plus it saves on electricity use.
  
• Install ceiling fans—In warmer weather, they can be used in place of air conditioning. In cooler weather, they can be reversed or kept on low. Heat rises.

What Uses The Most Electricity At Home? – Conclusion

All of these solutions, we have successfully tried, except the programmable. thermostat. We heard positive things from others who had the money to try it, though.