Power Consumption Rating

The higher the number the higher it consumes and uses power.

The larger the number is, the more power it requires, thus the higher will your power bill be. If you have energy production going on in a off-the-grid lot, this number shows how many units of power it will require.
So, if you want to have lower bills, have your sim use the electronics less and have your lights set on auto-lights (so they'll turn off when noone is in the room or everyone is sleeping).

All right, I finally tested it -- the higher the power consumption rating, the lower the power consumption. I tested this with two refrigerators -- the smallest one, and a midsize one, and the difference is significant.

"alan650111;c-17527360" wrote:

"Felicity;c-17527314" wrote:
All right, I finally tested it -- the higher the power consumption rating, the lower the power consumption. I tested this with two refrigerators -- the smallest one, and a midsize one, and the difference is significant.

That is confusing to me. I'd think the lower the consumption then the literal lower power that it would consume. Oh well. Thanks for figuring it all out! ha

I know, that was my initial thought. But ratings are different from consumption -- that it's rated higher means it's more efficient. It needs to be more clear I think, because it is confusing.

Don't confuse efficiency rating with consumption rating. A high efficiency rating you would want to be high. However, with a consumption rating, the higher the number, the more energy it consumes. You get high consumption to run it with higher quality output. The lower the consumption rate, the cheaper it is to run it but you sacrifice quality. For cheap bills, you want a low consumption rate. Go check out the televisions.

I also find it confusing. A lot of the explanations in Eco Lifestyle aren't very clear.

Lighting tends to have a power consumption rating of 10 so I guess higher means more efficient.

So... yeah, I don't know (you two had different answers). It's the wording I guess. Power consumption rating as opposed to just power consumption. I guess the gurus didn't say one way or the other.

"Felicity;c-17526978" wrote:
So... yeah, I don't know (you two had different answers). It's the wording I guess. Power consumption rating as opposed to just power consumption. I guess the gurus didn't say one way or the other.

You make a good point. Now I am questioning which one is right. Haha

"Felicity;c-17527314" wrote:
All right, I finally tested it -- the higher the power consumption rating, the lower the power consumption. I tested this with two refrigerators -- the smallest one, and a midsize one, and the difference is significant.

That is confusing to me. I'd think the lower the consumption then the literal lower power that it would consume. Oh well. Thanks for figuring it all out! ha