How Much Does It Cost to Run My Appliances?

    Here's a table showing what it costs to run common household appliances. Costs are based on 17.2 cents per kilowatt-hour electric rate. To see my blog on electricity costs for appliances, click here. Let me know by entering a comment below if you'd like to see what it costs to operate other items.

 

Device	Watts	Day	Week	Month
Household Appliances
Refrigerator       16 Cubic Feet	138	43 cts	$3.06	$13.12
Air Conditioner       6500 Btu	390	44 cts	$3.09	$13.24
Coffee Maker 1	835	1 ct	7 cts	31 cts
Washing Machine --        Agitation2	450	2 cts	14 cts	62 cts
Washing Maching--        Front loading HE2	225	1 ct	7 cts	32 cts
Gas Clothes Dryer, 40 min.        load		25 cts	$1.76	$7.55
Electric Clothes Dryer,        40 min. load	5000	57 cts	$3.96	$16.98
Vacuum Cleaner, 4 rooms9	1260	7 cts		28 cts
Hair dryer, 6 min. a day	1320	2 cts	14 cts	56 cts
Lighting
60-Watt Light Bulb	55	22 cts	$1.56	$6.81
60-Watt Light Bulb3	57	19 cts	$1.41	$6.19
Fluorescent Bulb4	14	5 cts	37cts	$1.60
High-Intensity Light	26	10 cts	72 cts	$3.21
Christmas Lights
LED Mini-140 lights7	7.2	1 ct	7 cts	28 cts
Mini-150 per string8	57	7.6 cts	54 cts	$2.15
Medium-25 per string8	112	14 cts	$1	$4
Window candles-each8	5	0.7 cts	4.6 cts	18 cts
Television
25-Inch Tube TV5	80	28 cts	$2.02	$8.60
Home Theater/DVD	48	19 cts	$1.38	$5.94
Computers
MacBook Charger, Laptop       Turned Off	1	--	2 cts	12 cts
Modem & Router	14	5 cts	40 cts	$1.73
Laptop Workstation       MacBook/Light/Printer	70	27 cts	$1.93	$8.42
Full Desktop Computer6	75	31 cts	$2.22	$9.53

 

¹ 4 cups running once a day.

² One load per day. HE refers to front loading high efficiency

³ Different bulbs have different ratings.

⁴ Equivalent to 60-watt incandescent bulb.

⁵ Twenty-four hours a day of operation

⁶ iMac computer, printer, external hard drive,

      modem, router.

⁷ 2 strings of 70 lights each for 8 hours.

⁸ Burning 8 hours a day.

⁹ Based on usage once a week.