Home electrical appliance power consumption

worksheet for Solar Power system sizing. I have some

examples in place and assume that they will be left
plugged in. If units are unplugged when not used, a
LOT of energy can be saved. Best thing is to get a kill-
a-watt and measure your devices both in use and not in
use. Note: some devices are power hogs, Like the Dish
receiver listed.

Device Watt Draw In use Watt Draw Idle Hours in use

Microwave Oven 1,000.00 1.00 0.25
32" LCD TV 65.00 5.00 3.00
BLuRay Player 25.00 4.00 3.00
Laptop 90.00 10.00 8.00
Dish Satellite receiver 65.00 65.00 1.00
Apple TV 15.00 15.00 3.00
Gas heater fan 125.00 5.00 4.00
Water Well pump 500.00 5.00 1.00
10 Lights - CFL 6 watt (40 watt light output) 60.00 0.00 4.00
Older Mechanical Toaster 1,200.00 0.00 0.25
Drip Coffee Pot with timer 1,200.00 2.50 0.50
Network Wireless Router 22.00 0.00 24.00
Network Wireless Router on a Light timer 24.00 2.00 8.00
Light timer 2.00 2.00 24.00
22cu foot 2011 Energy Star Refrigerator 325.00 10.00 6.00

Air Conditioner Whole House (this depends on season) 4,500.00 15.00 4.00
Apple 13" PowerBook 35.00 6.00
Alarm Clock 8.00 8.00 24.00
fast drip coffee maker with insulated carafe 1,500.00 0.50 0.10

How many of hours on average does your location get of

good sunlight? (From table and map below) 3 hours

How many days do you want to run without good

charging sunlight? (Stormy heavy overcast) 1.5 days

Zone 1 6 hours
Zone 2 5.5 hours
Zone 3 5 hours
Zone 4 4.5 hours
Zone 5 4.2 hours
Zone 6 3.5 hours
Watt Hours
per day
used
273.75
300.00
159.00
880.00
1,560.00
360.00
600.00
615.00
240.00
300.00
658.75
528.00
224.00
48.00
2,130.00

18,300.00
210.00
192.00
161.95
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00

27,466.70 WH per day used

33 24 Volt 320 watt Panels needed

100 Amp Hour 24 Volt Deep cycle
43 batteries
26 100 Amp hour 24 Volt LifePo4 batteries.
Deep cycle batteries can be drawn down
to 50% safely. so the *2 in the calculation
is compensating for that.