I think what you smell is burning insulation on your wires ;-)
Regards,
Doug Pewterbaugh
dpewter@msn.com
Denton, TX
49 3104 216 5-window
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark A. Self" <mark.self@verizon.net>
To: "Oletrucks list" <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2001 9:35 AM
Subject: [oletrucks] Electricity useage
> Sorry for this slightly off topic subject, but does effect us all.
>
> My compressor pulls 15 amps and is a 220 volt. Acvording to the formula I
> found on the net:
> Amps x Volts
> Kilowatts = -----------------
> 1,000
>
> 15 x 220
> Kilowatts = -----------------
> 1,000
>
> 3,300
> Kilowatts = -----------------
> 1,000
>
> Kilowatts = 3.3
>
> Now if the compressor ran continuosly for 60 min., wouldn't that mean that
I
> had just consumed 3.3 Kilowatt hours?
>
> Reason I ask is, this month the power company claims that we used 3.5
times
> as much electricity as the prior month. I haven't used the compressor
that
> much, but I figured "GREAT, now i can't use the compressor anymore". Then
I
> figured the math and I'm beginning to smell something a little bit fishy.
> oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
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