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QUOTE: Originally posted by Allan Miller I seriously doubt that operating your trains is having much of an impact at all on your electric bill. There has to be something else influencing the cost--perhaps it's in large part related to the general rise in energy costs (which differs from place to place, and depending on the utility serving your area).
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QUOTE: Originally posted by lionelsoni George, I agree with most of your comments; but I don't see how increased resistance in a load, whether the water-heater element or the wiring, could increase consumption, since current is inversely proportional to resistance. In the case of the water heater, in particular, any heat produced would go into heating the water anyway; so the element would simply run for a greater or lesser time, controlled by the thermostat, and produce the same amount of heat energy. High resistance in the wiring is indeed dangerous, but should decrease, not increase consumption.
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