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Electricity Cost Calculator

Work out what an appliance costs to run per day, month and year from its watts, hours of use and your price per kWh.

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On the label or the plug adapter.

On your electric bill.

Cost per year

43.80

Cost per month
3.65
Cost per day of use
0.12
Energy per year
292 kWh
Energy per day of use
0.8 kWh

Show the work

  1. Energy per day of use

    kWh = watts × devices × hours ÷ 1,000

    200 × 1 × 4 ÷ 1,000 = 0.8 kWh

  2. Energy per year

    kWh per year = kWh per day × days used

    0.8 × 365 = 292 kWh

  3. Cost per year

    cost = kWh per year × price per kWh

    292 × 0.15 = 43.80

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