You have to wash so much clothes that it needs to run 24 hours a day?! :shock: A washing machine can indeed easily pull 3000 watts, but it only does that for a very short time, as soon as the water is heated, it doesn't draw much power any more.

In general heaters consume an awfull lot of power. For example cooking on gas is a much better idea than cooking on electricity.

However, power consumption has increased a lot during the last decade. Computers are widely blamed for it.