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POWER RATINGS (TYPICAL) FOR COMMON APPLIANCES

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Typical Power Ratings for Appliances
BLOG The list to the right includes many appliances and their typical power Appliance Watts
ratings (in Watts). You can use this information to help you estimate the
Tips, trends, ideas, latest news and more. total amount of Watt*Hours that your alternative energy system needs to Air Conditioner
Everything you need to make renewable supply on an average day. Power ratings of most appliances are usually
do-able! listed on the appliance itself or the manual. For a final calculation of   Room* 1000
your watt*hour usage, we recommend that you look at each appliance to
be powered to find its rated power.   Central* 2000 - 5000
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Visit the AltE Kill A Watt Database to find the Air Conditioners rated in tons
Share your renewable energy project with
power usage of appliances being used in the
the entire altE community.
real world as recorded by members of the AltE   Per Ton 3517
Community. You can also buy meters, which are
Brand Electronics specifically designed to measure how much   e.g., 5 Ton AC Unit 17585
1850W Power power an appliance consumes. Check out the
Meter, 120AC Brand Power Meters and the Kill A Watt Power Blender 300
Meters. Once you figure out how much power
your appliances use, don't forget to enter the Blow Dryer 1000 - 1500
information in the Kill A Watt database to help
the Community! CB Radio 5

When determining how many Watt*Hours your CD Player 15 - 30

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appliances will use, keep in mind that many of
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the appliances you use will only be run for an 10 - 50
average of a few minutes per day. For instance a
500W weed eater may be used for 1 hour every week. That translates to Computer
an average of 71 Watt*Hours per day (500W / 7 Days).
  Laptop 20 - 75
Additionally, there are appliances like refrigerators which although
appear to be "on" all day, actually are running between 12 to 15 hours a
  Desktop PC 80 - 200
day (turning on and off as needed). Air conditioning units also run on and
off all day depending on the cooling needs of the home and the outdoor
  Printer 100
temperature.

Finally, be aware of "ghost loads". These are devices that people Coffee Maker 800
commonly forget to include in their calculations. These devices typically
consume a small amount of energy (<1W) but are running 24 hours a day. Clock Radio 1
Examples of typical ghost loads would be AC adapters, clocks, VCRs, TVs,
microwaves, and printers. Many of these devices require power to Dishwasher 1200 - 1500
maintain their clocks running (e.g. VCR, TV, and microwave). Although the
Dryer (Clothes)
amount of energy consumed on an hourly basis is small, the fact that
they run all day can easily add as much as 100W*Hrs per day.
  Electric* 4000

* Ideally, these items should not be powered by a PV system, because   Gas Heated 300 - 400
they are considered inefficient appliances to be powered by solar or wind
electric sources. Electric Blanket 200

Electric Clock 1

Electric Frying Pan 1200

Freezer

  Conventional 14cf
445
(15 hrs/day runtime)
  Sun Frost 19cf Freezer 112

Furnace Blower 300 - 1000

Garage Door Opener 350

Heater

  Engine Block* 150 - 1000

  Portable* 1500

  Waterbed* 400

  Stock Tank* 100

Hot Plate 1200

Iron 1000

Lightbulbs

  Incandescent Bulbs CFL Bulbs

    100 23

    75 20

    60 15

    40 11

Microwave 600 - 1500

Popcorn Popper 250

Refrigerator/Freezer (runtime in hours/day)

  Conventional 20cf (15) 540

  Conventional 16cf (15) 475

  Sun Frost 16cf DC (7) 112

  Sun Frost 12cf DC (7) 70

  Conserv 10.5cf (8) 60

  Conserv 7.5cf (8) 50

Satellite Dish 30

Sewing Machine 100

Shaver 15

Sink Waste Disposal 450

Stereo 10 - 30

Table Fan 10 - 25

Toaster 800 - 1500

Tools

  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" circular saw 900

  8 1/4" circular saw 1400

Vacuum Cleaner

  Upright 200 - 700

  Hand 150

VCR 40

Waffle Iron 1200

Washing Machine 500

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