breadmaker electricity costs

gromituk

Yes (although Lidl etc have these for £5 from time to time). Over a week, the power consumption meter will probably take more energy than the bread maker.

Try to make bread when no other appliances in the house are on, and read your electricity meter before and after. I'd go along with the 5p guess though - it only uses significant amounts during the baking part of the cycle, which for mine is 45 minutes with a 500W element which is not on all the time, as it's thermostatically controlled.

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moonrakerz wrote:

Spend £14.99 to see that your breadmaker uses 5p worth of electricity - hummmm, am I missing something here ?

Can use it to test everything in the house

But how much electricity would that device use? can't be more than the breadmaker?

gromituk

I'm not convinced these things give accurate readings for very low consumptions such as TVs on standby. Breadmakers will give a better result as most of the energy they consume is done in small bursts.

Yes, it could use more than the breadmaker - or something approaching the amount it takes, bearing in mind it could be on 24 hours a day for a week. (I'm presuming here it forgets everything if disconnected.) Same principle as leaving TVs on standby. But of course you'd only do it for one week.