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Home > Energy & Utilities > Topics:  Cooling
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The Costs of Cooling Your Home

Submitted by: discount_Larry  06/01/2008 6:21 PM
 
There’s a great tool I found on a website that lets you calculate the electric cost of AC, fans, etc.:

michaelbluejay.com/electricity/howmuch.html. It’s a really cool site that has lots of good info on all of this stuff.

This widget shows the following cost on a per year basis for using a device 24 days/month for the 5 hottest months of the year, and for 8 hours per day:

- Ceiling fan (48”): $7
- AC window unit (small): $47
- AC window unit (large): $136
- Central AC: $336
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My husband and I thought window units actually cost more than central. Is that not true.
 
Posted by anonymous on October 08, 2008 10:09 AM
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