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 Watts Coffee pot 200 Coffee maker 800 Toaster 800-1500 Popcorn popper 250 Blender 300 Microwave 600-1500 Waffle iron 1200 Hot plate 1200 Frying pan 1200 Dishwaher 1200-1500 Gbg. disposal 450 Washing machine automatic 500 manual 300 Vaccuum upright 200-700 handheld 100 Sewing Machine 100 Iron 1000 Clothes dryer electric (n/a) 4000 gas heated 300-400 Heater (n/a) Appliance Watts Garage door opener 350 Ceiling fan 10-50 Table fan 10-25 Electric blanket 200 Blow dryer 1000 Shaver 15 Water Pik 100 Computer laptop 20-50 desktop 80-150 printer 100 Typewriter 80-200 TV (25" color) 150 TV (19" color) 70 TV (12" B&W) 20 VCR 40 CD player 35 Portable stereo 10-30 Clock radio 1 Car stereo 8 Sattelite dish 30 CB radio 5 Electric clock 3 Appliance Watts Compact Fluorescent (CF) vs. Incandescent Wattage*

40 watt incan. 11 watt CF 60 watt incan. 16 watt CF 75 watt incan. 20 watt CF 100 watt incan. 30 watt CF Hedge trimmer 450 Weed eater 500 1/4" drill 250 1/2" drill 750 1" drill 1000 9" disc sander 1200 3" belt sander 1000 12" chain saw 1100 14" band saw 1100 7 1/4" circ. saw 900 8 1/4" circ. saw 1400 Refrig./Freezer Conventional 20 cubic feet 540 16 cubic feet 475 Sun Frost Refrig./Freezer (DC*) 16 cubic feet 112 12 cubic feet 70

engine block 150-1000 portable 1500 waterbed 400 stock tank 100 Furnace blower 300-1000 Air Conditioner (n/a) room 1000 central 2000-5000 Electric mower (n/a) 1500

Radio telephone receive 5 transmit 40-150 Lights 100w incan. 100 25w CF 28 50w DC incan. 50 40w DC halogen 40 20w CF 22

Vestfrost Refrig./Freezer 10.5 cubic feet 60 Freezer Conventional 14 cubic feet FF 440 14 cubic feet 350 Sun Frost Freezer (DC) 19 cubic feet 112 Vestfrost Freezer 7.5 cubic feet 50