Approximate watts each electrical appliance uses

theesel1994

Can anyone let me know how much various electrical appliances use?

I realise now all I need to do is look at the literature and it will be in there somewhere - but what about appliances that are second hand or the literature has since been thrown out.

A cooker for instance - how many watts will one of the large rings on top use. One of the small rings. The grill. The main oven. I know appliances will vary as well as the heat settings - what if I use the maximum heat?
Tumble driers, Fridges, Freezers.

I've calculated a 1500 watt De Longhi heater will cost me 17p to run for an hour (11.293p per unit with Scottish Power). A kettle costs just under a penny to boil (2 mins 10 seconds - 2200 watts).

I wouldn't mind knowing what other appliances cost. Any time I try and find out on t'internet I get costs per year based on an average family blah blah blah....not what I'm looking for. Kind of like you get on news reports after a budget - it never applies to me as I don't drink AND smoke or earn certain amount of money and have x amount of kids and a mortgage for y amount.

penrhyn

`It would be far easier for you to just buy an energy monitor, or better still see if your energy company is giving them away.
The actual conumption of an appliance will usually be somewhat less than its rating due to thermostaic control. An energy monitor will take this into account over a period of time.

eg.


The above is the British Gas Minim monitor, free with some tarrifs or if you are over 70 or £35 to buy. Others like the Owl are available.

Cardew

It is of little use knowing the wattage rating of the various appliances as the vast majority have a thermostat so cycle on and off.

For instance a ring on a cooker might typically be 1,500 watts. However using it for an hour and it might only be drawing power for, say, 20% of that time.

Your washing machine will typically have a 3kW(3000watts) heater, but that is only on for a few minutes during a 90 minute wash cycle.

Your Fridge might have a 400watt compressor, but it doesn't cost £420 a year to run.

Even you delongi heater will be switching on and off.

The only way to get accurate measurement for plug in appliances is to get a power meter costing £6 to £10 and that will give the cumulative power consumed. - won't work for appliances like cooker or immersion heater that do not have a 13 amp plug.

SailorSam

This is all priced up in $, but it may give you a rough guide
Appliance energy usage chart

markharding557

As a rough guide the more heat it produces the more it will cost to run

tomstickland

If you leave your kettle on all the time it will use less electricity than just using it when you want to boil water. This is because the water won't need heating from cold when you do need hot water.
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