Which appliances are leading to high energy bills?
Energy bills can often shock us as you wonder what happened in your home over the past two months that doesn’t usually happen. Plug In Energy Monitors will let you see pretty accurately how much individual plug in appliances are contributing to bills and for a fuller overall view on what you are spending in real time the Eco Eye Smart Energy Monitor will give you an accurate picture. It also will measure the accumulative spending so you can pretty much predict how much your next bill will be from looking at the screen.
Here you can read 15 great tips on reducing your energy bill
Below is a rough guide to how much some of the most popular electric appliances contribute to you energy bill for every hour that they are in use.
| Electrical Appliance | Typical Wattage Output per hr | Approx Cost Per Hour Used |
| Washing Machine | 650W | 13 cent |
| Tumble Dyer | 5,000W | €1 |
| Clothes Iron | 1,000W | 20 cent |
| Dishwasher | 1,800W | 36 cent |
| Electric Shower | 8,500W | €1.70 |
| Hair Dryer | 1,500W | 30 cent |
| Television (36 Inch) | 200W | 6 cent |
| Laptop Computer | 60W | 1.2 cent |
| Portable Radio | 5W | 0.1 cent |
| Cordless Phone | 2W | 0.04 cent |
| Electric Kettle | 3,000W | 60 cent |
| Microwave | 850W | 17 cent |
| Toaster | 1200W | 24 cent |
| Vaccum Cleaner | 1400W | 28 cent |
| Refrigerator | 180W | 3.6 cent |
| Fan Heater / Oil Based Electric Heater | 2500W | 50 cent |
| 60 Watt Light Bulb | 60W | 1.2 cent |
| 5 Watt LED Bulb with 60W Light Output | 5W | 0.1 cent |
Above figures are calculated based on your energy provider charging you 20 cent per Kw used.
About 45 cent per week.
What about an electric fan oven??
Your typical Electric Fan Oven is about 2KW
What about an old electric portable heater left on for 24 hours
It depends completely on what 2KW the heater is. If it is 2 KW and it is on constantly for 24 hours it would cost you about 7.50 euro per day to run it.
How about a 400 watts mini heater
Roughly 7 cent per hour in Ireland.