slow cooker

doelani

thinking of getting a slow cooker, it says power 174-207W

can someone tell me will this cost a lot to use as I have never had one before and understand it would be on all day,

thanks

Magentasue

According to the link below about 1kw for eight hours use. I remember reading they use as much as a light bulb which would 100w an hour so that sounds right.

www.lincoln.gov.uk/servedoc.asp?filename=Average_running_costs_for_household_appliances_leaflet_v2.pdf

espresso

Magentasue wrote: »

According to the link below about 1kw for eight hours use. I remember reading they use as much as a light bulb which would 100w an hour so that sounds right.

www.lincoln.gov.uk/servedoc.asp?filename=Average_running_costs_for_household_appliances_leaflet_v2.pdf

1kW for 8 hours works out at 125W. The one that the OP has posted details for states 174 - 207W which will cost quite a bit more to run. i.e. approx 5 hours use for one unit of electricity. The wattage is stated on the appliance for a reason!

doelani

thanks guys. Have been looking and see ones with various wattage and size, just need to decide now what size I need lol

Magentasue

espresso wrote: »

1kW for 8 hours works out at 125W. The one that the OP has posted details for states 174 - 207W which will cost quite a bit more to run. i.e. approx 5 hours use for one unit of electricity. The wattage is stated on the appliance for a reason!

That makes sense, of course. Does that mean that it is always using between 174 and 207 watts? I thought they referred to the maximum watts for different settings. I remember the slow cooker I had years ago clicked on and off so I didn't think that they used the same energy throughout the eight hour period. If they use at least 174 watts constantly, the link I referred to is misleading because that's a big difference.

1carminestocky

If an electrical item has a thermostat it's invariably too simplistic to just multiply the wattage by the time used and come up with a definitive running cost.

espresso

Magentasue wrote: »

That makes sense, of course. Does that mean that it is always using between 174 and 207 watts?

Not sure without knowing more about this particular device. It's about a 20% range on the wattage and we don't know what voltage range it is designed to operate on.

Magentasue

1carminestocky wrote: »

If an electrical item has a thermostat it's invariably too simplistic to just multiply the wattage by the time used and come up with a definitive running cost.

Yes, that's what I was trying to say - I thought slow cookers were thermostatically controlled and what made them cheap to run was that at the crock pot inside a metal casing was effective insulation so they were 'off' for significant periods in the cooking time - an electric version of the haybox. If that's the case. 1kw for eight hours sounds reasonable. If it's not the case and they are always using at least 174 watts, it can't be right.