Kill-A-Watt

I wrote this blog post about 8 months ago and never released it… Not sure why but here goes:  

I have a keen desire to figure out what costs me so much money each month in my power bill. 

Immediately, I plugged this device into the electronics that run the most in my house.  This UPS supports the following devices:

1 Philips 46" LCD TV
1 Scientific Atlanta Cable Box for HD and DVR
1 DVD Player
1 Bose Lifestyle system
1 Wii
1 Wii Charger for the remotes.

I thought of all the items in my house, this is one area that I'll be able to save some money.  Boy was I wrong.  Here are the stats.

I left it plugged in for 488 hours.  That's 20 days.  I left it plugged in that long so I could get a better trend than just leaving it plugged in for one day.

During that time, the total usage was 38.76 KWH.  I pay 11 cents per KWH. 

My total cost to run all these components for the entire 20 days  was $4.26.

I'm convinced it's simply A/C and Water pumps (drinking water and swimming pool) that cost me all the money each month.

Update:  My rate/KWH is now 13 cents per KWH