Has Anybody any idea how much a 240v Dehumidifier costs ...

[ladybirder]

to run for an hour? I thought I'd ask on here rather than sit pressing buttons and listening to muzak for ages, trying to find out from my electricity supplier. Thanks.

[ChuckFickens]

From a quick look, I've found Dehumidifiers rated at between 60watts and nearl 1000watts.

So assuming you are paying 15p per unit for electricity. between 1p and 15p per hour.

[ChuckFickens]

If you want a more accurate answer you'll need to find out what the power rating is for the dehumidifier you have or are looking at. and then it's really not hard to work it out yourself.

You pay for electricity in KW/h (kilowatts used per hour) so check your bill for what you pay for this (we'll assume 15p)... so to run a 1KW item for one hour costs 15p

Then just look at what the item is rated at in watts (1000 watts is one kilowatt) and it's very simple to work it out.

500watts is 1/2 a kilowatt... so 15/2=7.5p per hour.
250watts is 1/4 a kilowatt... so 15/4=3.25p per hour


And so on.

[ladybirder]

Thanks chuck, that's not too bad. Thought it would be worse than that. X

[ladybirder]

I've been and looked at it and can't find any more info. This is the one and I can't see much more on here.
http://www.drieaz.com/_DEC/DEC_Product_Base.aspx?decID=1059&AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1

[ChuckFickens]

That's a 115v one, not 240V

[ladybirder]

Well now I'm lost chuck. It's got it's the Drizair 1200 written all over it as well as 240v on it. And the link is what came up when I googled it. Scratches head and takes another sip.

[ChuckFickens]

UK version

http://www.legendbrands.co.uk/Content_007.aspx?wpid=1469&AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1

The specs say 0.69KW (or 690watts)

so 0.69*15p=10.35p per hour. (substitute 15p with whatever you actually pay for your electricity)

[ladybirder]

Ah, that's better. Thank you again chuck, what would we do without you:-)

[pdq1]

Any current figures could be out of date. My electricity supplier Npower has increase its prices 10% from today.

[ladybirder]

True, mine (EDF) goes up by 11% before Christmas I think.