What Are Your “Always On” Devices?

[brian5]

@jtebbetts

I’ve never noticed if my heat or AC are always on with a trickle

@andy

my geothermal HVAC is the controller draws 46 watts, 24hr/day, 365 days a year, whether or not the geothermal system is running. That doesn’t seem like much but it adds up to about 400 KWH per year, or $72 up here in NH.

I put dedicated circuit monitoring on my two mini splits. They use 12w always and have no heating element in the winter. Each is projected to use $7 of electricity. I’ll be turning those breakers off next fall.