How to Calculate Energy Use of Home Appliances in Watts ( KWh ) - Power Consumption of Electronics

How to Calculate Power Consumption in Watts

I've shared SOLAR PANELS PRICE IN INDIA , if you want to use or install Solar Plant in your home , you must know " How much power is consumed by your appliances or How much power you need to generate through solar panels " ,

Below , the Table for electronic appliances with its energy consumption in watts is given , you may calculate according to your home needs or usage .

Energy Use of Home Appliances :

APPLIANCE	WATTAGE	APPLIANCE	WATTAGE
clock radio	10	coffee maker	900-1200
clothes washer	350-500	clothes dryer	1800-5000
dishwasher	1200-2400	ceiling fan	65-175
hair dryer	1200-1875	clothes iron	1000-1800
microwave	750-1100	refrigerator	1725
computer: CPU	120	VCR/DVD	17-21/20-25
Computer: Monitor	150	19" color television	110
stereo	400	water bed	120-380

1000 W (watts) is 1KW (kilowatt).

Tube Lights consumes about 35 - 40 Watts ,

Calculate Avg KiloWatt per hour : KWh

You may also know your Energy Consumption without any calculation from this link : Calculate Energy Consumption

With this you might calculated the Power that you need to produce from your Solar Panels , so the numer of panels and the capacity of the solar cells will be based on the home energy need .

While purchasing the solar panel - they will ask this parameter , How much Kwh you want to generate from your solar cells , so that time it may be useful .

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