Power Consumption Table

power consumption table

The figures in this table are approximate. The actual power consumption of your household appliances may vary significantly from the figures in this chart. Before you do a final load calculation for your household, we strongly recommend checking the tags and owners manuals for your appliances to get precise figures.

Each figure given for Watts used. This is converted to watt-hours by multiplying watts used by hours used. Many items, such as garage door openers, are used much less than 1 hour per day. Our PDF load calculation form will automatically calculate any appliance’s Watt-hour consumption according the fraction of hours used per day, down to 0.1 hours. (0.1 hr = 1/10 of an hour = 6 minutes)

Items marked (n/a) would normally be replaced by non-electric equivalents in homes using alternative energy systems.

Appliance – WattsAppliance – WattsAppliance – Watts
Coffee pot – 200Garage door opener – 350Compact Fluorescent (CF)

vs. Incandescent Wattage*


Coffee maker – 800Ceiling fan – 10-50
Toaster – 800-1500Table fan – 10-2540 watt incan. – 11 watt CF
Popcorn popper – 250Electric blanket – 20060 watt incan. – 16 watt CF
Blender – 300Blow dryer – 100075 watt incan. – 20 watt CF
Microwave – 600-1500Shaver – 15100 watt incan. – 30 watt CF
Waffle iron – 1200Water Pik – 100Hedge trimmer – 450
Hot plate – 1200Computer…Weed eater – 500
Frying pan – 1200laptop – 20-501/4″ drill – 250
Dishwaher – 1200-1500desktop – 80-1501/2″ drill – 750
Gbg. disposal – 450printer – 1001″ drill – 1000
Washing machine…Typewriter – 80-2009″ disc sander – 1200
automatic – 500TV (25″ color) – 1503″ belt sander – 1000
manual – 300TV (19″ color) – 7012″ chain saw – 1100
Vaccuum…TV (12″ B&W) – 2014″ band saw – 1100
upright – 200-700VCR – 407 1/4″ circ. saw – 900
handheld – 100CD player – 358 1/4″ circ. saw – 1400
Sewing Machine – 100Portable stereo – 10-30 Refrig./Freezer – Conventional…
Iron – 1000Clock radio – 120 cubic feet – 540
Clothes dryer…Car stereo – 816 cubic feet – 475
electric (n/a) – 4000Sattelite dish – 30Sun Frost Refrig./Freezer (DC*)…
gas heated – 300-400CB radio – 516 cubic feet – 112
Heater (n/a)…Electric clock – 312 cubic feet – 70
engine block – 150-1000Radio telephone…Vestfrost Refrig./Freezer…
portable – 1500 receive – 510.5 cubic feet – 60
waterbed – 400transmit – 40-150Freezer – Conventional…
stock tank – 100Lights…14 cubic feet FF – 440
Furnace blower – 300-1000100w incan. – 10014 cubic feet – 350
Air Conditioner (n/a)… 25w CF – 28Sun Frost Freezer (DC)…
room – 100050w DC incan. – 5019 cubic feet – 112
central – 2000-500040w DC halogen – 40Vestfrost Freezer…
Electric mower (n/a) – 150020w CF – 227.5 cubic feet – 50

 

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