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Something is off here, even if both your cars use about 40kWh per day, every day (which is humongous) that would still leave an absolutely staggering 60kWh/day.
by serpix 4y ago
Something is off here, even if both your cars use about 40kWh per day, every day (which is humongous) that would still leave an absolutely staggering 60kWh/day. That would be the same as heating with electric alone a house in the Nordic Lapland during winter.
- vardump 4y ago60 kWh/day would not be enough to heat a modest sized house (~2000 sqft) in Lapland, even with geothermal heating. Unless you meant 100 kWh/day, which would be doable, but I think only with geothermal.
- serpix 4y agoGiven a COP of 5 for a ground source heat pump you can calculate 60/24 is 2,5kW power draw around the clock. Multiply by 5 give 12,5kW heat non stop. That is a lot of heat. 2000 sqft is 185m2 which is a mansion by my standards though :)
- goodpoint 4y ago2000 sqft and you call it modest? And 60 kWh/day is still enormous.
- vardump 4y ago60 kWh/day is definitely not much in climate where temperature can go below -40F/-40C.
- goodpoint 4y ago21900 KWh in a year is not much according to what source?
- dfadsadsf 4y agoAverage sq ft for house in US is around 2500sq ft so 2000 sq ft is below median. Ok starter house but not more than that. I understand that houses in Europe are much smaller though due to low incomes and higher utility costs. I have 2800 sq ft house and use around 30-35 kWh/day in summer. 60kWh/day is high but not outrageously high.
- Symbiote 4y agoI don't know Lapland, but that house is significantly larger than average (97m²) for Finland [1]. Average electricity cost in Finland is €0.184/kWh. [1] https://www.finnwards.com/living-in-finland/how-much-do-homes-cost-in-finland/ https://www.finnwards.com/living-in-finland/how-much-do-home...