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The Experiment This hypothesis attempts to be proven by measuring the current of the appliances in a house. To gain access to measure the appliance, a splitter cable will be inserted first into an ordinary 120-volt outlet then the appliance. The current will be measured in miliamps (ma).
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Step 1) plug the AC power splitter cable into an AC outlet
Step 2) plug appliance into splitter cable
Step 3) use Ammeter meter to measure current
Step 4) repeat steps 1-3 for all appliances
Step 5) record data
Step 6) use voltmeter to measure the voltage of the line
Step 7) calculate cost per kilowatt-hour
Step 8) calculate # of hours in year
Step 9) calculate yearly cost that is being wasted due to standby power
Step 10) find out how many houses are in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
Step 11) calculate the energy usage in the different locations
Trials
On January 21 2007, the experiment was done. In the first test, there were three trials for twenty-seven appliances. On the first trial, an older meter was used to test the appliances but it appeared that the low levels measured were inaccurate. This was overcome by using a different newer meter, which happened to be battery powered and isolated. This meter worked much better and the meter proceeded to measure every appliance. To be sure that the same reading was recorded, all appliances were tested twice.
Formula
Miliamps * 1 amp/1000 miliamps*120 volts = watts
Watts * 1 kilowatt/1000 watt * 3600 hours/year = kilowatt-hour/year
$/kilowatt-hour * kilowatt-hour/year = $/year
