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.
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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
Hi,
What’s the average cost to operate four industrial ovens??
Thanks!
It would depend what kw each one is and how often they are used.
It means about 40cents per hour?
Not sure what your question is?
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.
How much roughly does oil central heating pump use?
Completely depends on what type of pump it is and how often the central heating is turned on.
What about 1200 watt halogen heater and are they any good thanks
We don’t sell halogen heaters Marc and I don’t have any experience with them so it would be unfair of me to rate them. A 1200 watt heater would be about 21 cent per hour to run.
How much to run a 1000 w LED light for 8 hours
If it is LED light I doubt it is 1000w but if it was you would be looking at about 3.60 euro
is the cost of a 1000watt 3.60 for 8 hour or 24?
The cost of 1000 watt is roughly 18 cent per hour based on current rates. So roughly 1.44 euro for 8 hours or 4.32 per 24 hours
How much does a wifi boaster cost to run per hour?
Depends what wattage it uses per hour!
How much does cost to have an electric hob ring on 1 / low for 24hours?
Depends on power output from hob.
Hi we have a heat press which is 5.900 Watt – how much would that cost to run?
Roughly 1 euro per hour in use.