TYPICAL OPERATING COSTS OF ELECTRIC HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCES
Appliance
Air Conditioner (12,000
BTU)
Air Conditioner (36,000
BTU)
Auto Engine Heater
Battery Charger (Car)
Bug Zapper
CD, Tape, Radio,
Receiver System
Clothes Dryer
Typical Estimated Hours Estimated
Cost Per Month at
Wattage Used Per Month Monthly kWh
.095 Per kWh
1500
200
300.0
$28.50
4500
600
150
40
200
40
15
300
900.0
24.0
2.3
12.0
$85.50
$2.28
$0.21
$1.14
250
5000
60
17
15.0
85.0
$1.43
$8.08
Coffee Maker (Auto Drip)
Computer (With Monitor
and Printer)
Convection Ovens
Dehumidifier (20 Pints,
Summer)
Dishwasher (Dry Cycle)
Dishwasher (Wash
Cycle)
Electric Blanket
Electric Heat
(Baseboard, Furnace,
Heat Pump)
Fan (Attic)
Fan (Ceiling)
Freezer (Automatic
Defrost 15 cu.ft.)
Freezer (Manual Defrost
15 cu.ft.)
Electric Fry Pan
Hair Dryer (Hand Held)
Heat Lamp
1165
4
4.7
$0.44
365
1500
75
8
27.4
12.0
$2.60
$1.14
450
1200
360
25
162.0
30.0
$15.39
$2.85
200
175
25
180
5.0
31.5
$0.48
$2.99
Call for a heating estimate
400
71
28.4
80
150
12.0
--$2.70
$1.14
440
334
147.0
$13.96
350
1200
1000
250
292
10
10
5
102.2
12.0
10.0
1.3
$9.71
$1.14
$0.95
$0.12
Heat Tape (30ft., Winter)
Heater (Auto Engine,
Winter)
Heater (Portable)
Heater (Portable)
Heating System (Warm
Air Fan)
180
720
129.6
$12.31
1000
1500
1500
90
40
360
90.0
60.0
540.0
$8.55
$5.70
$51.30
312
288
89.9
$8.54
TYPICAL OPERATING COSTS OF ELECTRIC HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCES
Appliance
Humidifier (Winter)
Jacuzzi (Maintain
Temperature, 2 Person)
Lighting (Incandescent)
Lighting (Fluorescent)
Lighting (Compact
Fluorescent)
Lighting (Outside Floor)
Microwave Oven
Motor (1 HP)
Range (Oven)
Range (Self Cleaning
Cycle)
Refrigerator/Freezer
(Frost Free, 17.5 cu.ft.)
Satellite Dish (Includes
Receiver)
Sump Pump (1/2 HP)
Television (Color, Solid
State)
VCR/DVD
Washer
Waterbed Heater (Queen
Size)
Water Heater (Quick
Recovery)
Water Pump (1/2 HP)
Typical Estimated Hours Estimated
Cost Per Month at
Wattage Used Per Month Monthly kWh
.095 Per kWh
177
230
40.7
$3.87
1500
75
40
93
100
100
139.5
7.5
4.0
$13.25
$0.71
$0.38
18
120
1500
1000
2660
100
90
11
20
8
1.8
10.8
16.5
20.0
21.3
$0.17
$1.03
$1.57
$1.90
$2.02
2500
3
7.5
$0.71
450
333
149.9
$14.24
360
500
183
20
65.9
10.0
$6.26
$0.95
200
21
512
183
12
17
36.6
0.3
8.7
$3.48
$0.02
$0.83
375
256
96.0
$9.12
4500
460
89
41
400.5
18.9
$38.05
$1.79
These figures are based on average use by a family at an electric rate of .095 per kilowatt
watts / 1000 x estimated hours/mo = estimated kwh
estimated kwh x .095 = average monthly cost