Can you direct me to a site that tells how much electric energy is used by what ? read below?

Question

ah, life of retirement on a small fixed budget, ick. So I need to know every thing that uses elec in my home and how much it costs so I can cut back. I am 56 and know about frig etc. but i am a numbers person and would like to see a list of order of what uses the most and least. I know AC is expensive but would still just like to see a list. OK ? and heat pump costs compared to natural gas since nat. gas has quadrupled. THanks for any help

Answer 1

http://michaelbluejay.com/electricity/howmuch.html has some household items. There's some info on gas on this page:
http://michaelbluejay.com/electricity/gas.html
http://www.energyright.com/cgi-bin/dtc?tvaparms for your heat pump...maybe. Be very aware that in very cold climates heat pumps will leave you and your wallet chilled!

Answer 2

As far as a website, I am not sure. Usually, most power companies' sites have quite a few suggestions for lowering energy consumption.
One thing to remember is that any device used for moving heat will use most electrical energy to do so. In other words, a fridge moves heat energy from the stuff inside to outside the fridge. An electric oven puts heat into things. Same for a water heater, it puts heat energy into the water. An AC, professionally referred to as HVAC or Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning system, does both depending on how it is set and you're right it uses the most electricity of anything.
Your electric meter measures kilowatts or units of 1,000 watts. So, running a 100w light bulb for one hour will use 100 watts in that hour. In ten hours that same light bulb will have made your meter tick off 1 kilowatt. You will have to do some number crunching to see if things are worth being replaced or not. Even though there are version of washing machines out there that use hardly any water or electricity, their initial cost to buy may not be recovered in savings on your electric bill for 18 months.
A good investment though is fluorescent bulbs in all your light fixtures. A 30 to 40 watt fluorescent bulb can put out same amount of light as a 100w incandescent one but at over half off the electrical energy usage. They make small fluorescent bulbs that will fit into things like regular lamp sockets. LED lights are better, but a bit more expensive. LEDs last longer and use LOTS less energy for same amount of light output.
Most items will show somewhere on them on a label the watts per hour used.