Conserving Energy
Energy Usage
Powerwatchers Energy Usage Chart
How Much Electricity Do Your Home Appliances Use?
| Food Preparation | Typical Wattage | KWH Used Per Year |
| Coffee Maker | 1,200 | 80 |
| Dishwasher | 1,201 | 170 |
| Microwave Oven | 400-1,200 | 40-200 |
| Range w/Oven | 12,200 | 500-700 |
| Range w/Self-Cleaning Oven | 12,200 | 600-800 |
| Food Preservation | ||
| Freezer-Manual Defrost | 20 cu. ft. | 790 |
| Refrigerator/Freezer Manual Defrost | 14 cu. ft | 710 |
| Refrigerator/Freezer Automatic Defrost | 19 cu. ft. | 820 |
| Laundry | ||
| Clothes Dryer | 5,000 | 770 |
| Iron (hand) | 1,100 | 50 |
| Automatic Washing Machine * | 512 | 145 |
| Water Heater ** | 4,500 | 4,811 |
| Comfort Conditioning | ||
| Air Conditioner (room) ** | 5,000-12,000 btu | 390-1,030 |
| Fan (ceiling) | 88 | 50 |
| Fan (window) | 200 | 10-30 |
| Fan (rollaway) | 171 | 60 |
| Heater (portable) | 1,500 | 240-1,000 |
| Furnace Fan | 300-750 | 300-900 |
| Health and Beauty | ||
| Hair Dryer | 1,200 | 20-70 |
| Shaver | 15 | 1 |
| Home Entertainment | ||
| Radio | 20-50 | 20-50 |
| Television (B&W Solid State) | 45 | 90 |
| Television (Color Solid State) | 100 | 100-300 |
| Home Computer | 150 | 80-170 |
| VCR | 30 | 20-60 |
* Excluding Hot Water Consumption
** Based on Atlantic City Electric service territory
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