Residential electric space heating in detroit for 1952-1953 heating season

In this paper the load characteristics of 29 domestic electric space heating installations in Detroit during the 1952-1953 heating season are given. The theoretical undercapacity of most of these installations are pointed out as well as the ineffectiveness of using the measurement of kilowatt-hours (kw-hr) per degree day per 1,000 cubic feet of heated space when comparing different houses.