Southern Domestic Energy Assessors Limited
How much energy do my household appliances use?
How much energy do my household appliances use?
The cost of energy is going up, there simply is no escaping it. The best thing we can do right now to help ourselves is reduce our consumption.
Below are some examples of typical household appliances and how much energy they consume:
Switching appliances off at the wall, and being more mindful about what other appliances you are using, can and will save you money.
To give you some practical examples:
- 1kWh is enough energy to boil a 3kW kettle 6 times
- An 800W microwave on full power for 10 minutes consumes the same amount of energy as a 40W lightbulb being kept on for 3 hours
- 1kWh is enough energy to watch a 75W TV for 13 hours
- 1kWh is enough energy for 4 hours of gaming