The single most expensive electrical item to operate in a typical residential home is the central heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system. Because climate control compressors and air handlers must cycle on for hours at a time to regulate indoor thermal comfort, they consume massive amounts of kilowatt-hours. Among individual plug-in appliances, electric water heaters and electric clothes dryers rank as the next highest energy-drawing utility burdens.
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