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List of the Power Consumption of Typical Household Appliances

Last Updated 12th May 2008

Turn that TV off if you're not watching it! It's wasting electrically!

How much electricity is it really wasting?, and would it not be better to switch off the 4 lights in the room?

The best way to compare the cost of running different appliances is to look at their power consumption, which is measure of how much power they use in Watts. The following list points out typical values for the wattage of some devices you would find in your home so that you can compare them.

Lets start with the easy ones ...

Now some more common appliances...

An important point is also to bare in mind the length of time for which the device will be used. For example an electric blanket may be used for 2 hours, but a hair drier for 5 minutes. Therefore the blanket uses 200W * 2 hours = 0.4kWh. The hair drier uses 100W * 0.0833hours = 0.008333 kWh. So using the blanket costs roughly 5 times as much as the hair drier. Therefore the blanket uses 200W * 2 hours = 0.4kWh. The hair drier uses 1KW * 0.0833hours = 0.08333 kWh. So using the blanket costs roughly 5 times as much as the hair drier.

All values reported here are estimates, you should check the appliance labels or literature to find out the correct power consumption.

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Are these figures, usage per hour.
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By Kps on 18/01/2012Nice and succinct. I suggest you add a footnote explaining that kW is means 1000 Watts, because some ratings are described this way. Thus Dishwashers might alternatively be rated as 1.2-1.5 kW.
By Andy on 09/01/2012Nice and succinct. I suggest you add a footnote explaining that kW is means 1000 Watts, because some ratings are described this way. Thus Dishwashers might alternatively be rated as 1.2-1.5 kW.
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