Power Consumpion Table - How to estimate power needs

Appliance	Consumption(Watts)	Appliance	Consumption(Watts)
Toaster	800-1500	Television - 25” color	150
Popcorn Popper	250	Television - 19” color	70
Blender	300	Television - 12” black and white	20
Electric cooker with oven	1000-2500	VCR	40
Microwave	600-1500	CD player	35
Waffle Iron	1200	Stereo	20
Hot Plate	1200	Clock radio	1
Frying Pan	1200	AM/FM auto cassette player	8
Dishwasher	1200-1500	Satellite dish	30
Sink waste disposal	450	CB radio	5
Washing machine - Automatic	500	Electric clock	3
Washing machine - Manual	300	Radiotelephone - Receiving mode	5
Vacuum cleaner - High Power	1600-2000	Radiotelephone - Transmitting mode	40-150
Vacuum cleaner - Upright	200-700	Lights:100 watt incandescent	100
Vacuum cleaner - Hand	100	Lights:25 watt compact fluorescent	28
Sewing machine	100	Lights:50 watt DC incandescent	50
Iron	1000	Lights:40 watt DC halogen	40
Clothes dryer - Electric	4000	Lights:20 watt DC compact fluor.	22
Clothes dryer - Gas heated	300-400	Lights: Compact fluorescent 40 watt Incandescent equivalent	11
Heater - Electric water heater	4000	Lights:Compact fluorescent 60 watt Incandescentequivalent	16
Heater - Engine block	150-1000	Lights:Compact fluorescent 75 watt Incandescent equivalent	20
Heater - Portable	1500	Lights:Compact fluorescent 100 watt Incandescent equivalent	30
Heater - Waterbed	400	Electric mower	1500
Heater - Stock tank	100	Hedge trimmer	450
Furnace blower	300-1000	Weed eater	500
Air conditioner - Room	1000	1/4” drill	250
Air conditioner - Central	2000-5000	1/2” drill	750
Garage door opener	350	1” drill	1000
Ceiling fan	40	9” disc sander	1200
Table fan	20	3” belt sander	1000
Electric blanket	200	12” chain saw	1100
Blow dryer	1000	14” band saw	1100
Shaver	15	7-1/4” circular saw	900
Waterpik	100	8-1/4” circular saw	1400
Well Pump (1/3-1 HP)	480-1200	Refrigerator/Freezer - 20 cu. ft. (AC)	1412 watt-hours/day
Laptop	20-60	Refrigerator/Freezer - 16 cu. ft. (AC)	1205 watt-hours/day
PC	80-150	Freezer - 15 cu. ft. (Upright)	1239 watt-hours/day
Charger: mobile phone charger	1	Freezer - 15 cu. ft. (Chest)	1083 watt-hours/day

These numbers are approximate representations.The actual power consumption of your devices may vary substantially from these numbers. Check the power tags, or better yet, measure the amperage draw with a clamp-on ampere-meter. Multiply the hours the appliance is used on the average day by the wattage listed below.This will give you the watt-hours consumed per day by your appliances.

Note that some items, such as shavers, are used only for a fraction of an hour or minute per day. A 200 watt item used for 5 minutes per day will only consume 33 watt hours per day.

Where a range of numbers are given, the lower number often denotes a smaller appliance, or a newer, improved and more efficient model. We strongly suggest that you invest in a true RMS digital multimeter if you are considering making your own power. Also helpful are clamp-on type ampere-meters. It really makes sense to know exactly where your power is being used, even if you are not producing it, and if you are, these meters are essential diagnostic tools.

To calculate how much power your appliance is consuming per month, just multiply the number of watts you see above by the number of the hours the appliance is used on average every month. Then divide this number by 1,000 to convert it to KWh (Kilo-Watt-hour). To calculate how much you're paying the power company for this use, just multiply the number you found by the price of 1 KWh. It's not really difficalt, and here's an example:

Example:

Using your pc for 6 hours a day (lets say 100 Watts for an average computer) consumes 6 X 100 = 600 watt-hours of power per day. For a month this equals to 30 X 600 = 18,000 Watt-hours. Divide it by 1,000 and you get 18 KWh per month. If you're paying $0.10 a KWh, this means you're paying 18 X 0.10 = 1.8. So you pay $1.8 for powering your computer.