Average Monthly Appliance Usage
Consumer Accounting & Other Information
| | Average Monthly Appliance
Usage | Appliance: | KWh per Month | | Refrigerator-manual defrost | 40 | | Frost-free, up to 16 cu. Ft. | 135 | | Frost-free, 16-21 cu. Ft. | 170 | | Side-by-side, 18-21 cu. Ft. | 220 | | Freezer, manual defrost, 15 cu. Ft. | 95 | | Frost-free, 15 cu. Ft. | 135 | | Electric Range | 98 | | Electric Water heater (40 gal.) | 400 | | Warm Air Furnace Fan Motor | 140 | | Portable Electric Heater (1500 Watts x 12
hrs./day) | 540 | | Window Air Conditioner, 18,000 BTU 350
hrs. | 680 | | Pool filter (1 HP - 12 hrs./day) | 414 | | Power Attic Vent (8 hrs./day) | 68 | | Ceiling Fan (12 hrs./day) | 20 | | Water Bed Heater | 175 | | Washing Machine | 10 | | Dishwasher | 30 | | Well Water Pump | 90 | | Television (4 hrs./day) | 36 | | Microwave Oven | 16 | | Coffeemaker | 12 | | 100W Light Bulb (8 hrs./day) | 24 | Central Air-Conditioners use on average 1-kilowatt hour per ton
per hour.
A 4-ton air-conditioner will use approximately 4 kWh's per hour.
If a four-ton air-conditioner ran for 12 of the 24 hours in a day the usage
would be 48 kWh's per day. If a customer knows the BTU rating on his
air-conditioner you can calculate the tonnage. 12,000 BTU's = 1 ton. |
