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I am trying to work out if my overnight electricity use is too much. Every night I have running two big upright freezers, two undercounter fridges, four CCTV cameras (motion activated), one router, one Virgin box, two baby monitors, one de-humidifier. I rarely turn my desktop off although I do turn the monitor off.
My overnight usage ranges between 0.07 and 0.12 kw per hour.
Is this about right?
My overnight usage ranges between 0.07 and 0.12 kw per hour.
Is this about right?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.comes in about 35-50W per hour....so around 1kw per day
fridges can be much higher as in double
wouldn't think the cameras and router burn that much - my router is 6 watts....for the camera, depends on the model but 4 to 15W for each one
the dehumidifier, again model and age specific, is probably where you can save the most - a 20 litre one, some 400W per hour - but mini-ones can be as low as 25W
fridges can be much higher as in double
wouldn't think the cameras and router burn that much - my router is 6 watts....for the camera, depends on the model but 4 to 15W for each one
the dehumidifier, again model and age specific, is probably where you can save the most - a 20 litre one, some 400W per hour - but mini-ones can be as low as 25W
Barry; Watts is not a measure of electricity consumption, it's a measure of the 'speed' at which you are consuming electricity. This is all a bit academic, I know.
A Kilowatt is a thousand Watts. A kilowatt hour tells you how much electricity you have used. It means you have travelled at a 'speed' of a kilowatt for an hour. It can all be a bit confusing. Your meter tells you how many kilowatt hours you have used.
A Kilowatt is a thousand Watts. A kilowatt hour tells you how much electricity you have used. It means you have travelled at a 'speed' of a kilowatt for an hour. It can all be a bit confusing. Your meter tells you how many kilowatt hours you have used.