Mastering Your Home’s Electrical Consumption: A Guide to Wattage, Amperage, and Budget Management

Having knowledge or information about how much electricity, wattage, and amperage your home appliances and home electronics will help you to find an estimate of how much costs you are going to spend to install and run the appliances and it help you to master your home’s electrical consumption. If you master it you can easily decide whether to buy and use the appliance in your home, offices, places, etc.

A Guide to Wattage consumption by home appliances:

Using a home’s electrical appliances and other electronics having information about their wattage consumption will help you to have an estimate of the cost to run an appliance. The guide to wattage consumption is useful for a person before buying the appliances you need to understand the power requirements of the electrical appliances, electronics, and tools this will also help you to know about the backup generator you need for your home, offices, or other places.

home's electrical consumption
home’s electrical consumption

The following table will help you to know about the actual wattage consumption of a home appliance, power tools, and electronics which you are using around you:

  • Kitchen appliance.
  • Laundry appliances.
  • Entertainment appliances.
  • essential appliances.
  • Other appliances.

Kitchen appliance:

The following table explains the estimated wattage consumption of the appliance which uses generally use in your kitchen:

Appliances Average Running wattage Additional surge wattage
Coffee maker1317 watts0 W
Dishwasher1400 watts1,500 W
Microwave1000 watts. 0 W
Coffee machine1500 watts200 W
Freeze/ refrigerator41.692,200 W
Fridge55 watts. 750 W
Toaster1097 watts.0 W

Laundry appliances:

The following table shows the list of the laundry and common bathroom appliances and the wattage consumption by it:

Appliances Average running wattage Additional surge wattage 
Cloth dryer52711 watts1,800 W
Washing machine300w to 2100w2,250 W
Water heater4500 watts0 W
Iron 1200 watts1200 watts 
Hair dryer975 watts0 W
Vacuum 1100 watts 1100 watts 
Exhaust Fan 12 watts0 W
home's electrical consumption
home’s electrical consumption

Entertainment appliances:

The following table shows the list of the appliance and the wattage consumption which are used for entertainment purposes:

Appliances Average running wattageAdditional surge wattage
laptop65 watts0 W
Cell phone5 watts5 W
DVD player100 watts0 W
Television 19.8 watts 0 W
Video game system 40 watts 0 W
Xbox one 211 watts 60 W
Home sound system 95 watts 0 W
ps4250 watts5 W

Essential appliances:

The following table shows the list of some essential appliances and wattage consumption that are commonly used daily in your life:

Appliances Average running wattage 
Ceiling fan 33 watts. 
Dehumidifier483.24 watts
Space heater1500 watts
Light bulb75 watts
Window air conditioner884.2 watts
RV ac100 watts 
tube light  22 watts 
Heat pump4500 watts 
Tower fan 56.5 watts
Table fan 42.5 watts 
Night blub 1 watt
Box fan 73 watts
Portable air conditioner 1175.66 watts
Humidifier260 watts

Other appliances:

The following table shows the list of some other appliances and wattage consumption which are commonly used in daily in your life:

Appliances Average running wattage Additional surge wattage 
Electric blanket 400 watts0 W
Copy machine 1600 watts 0 W
Ev home charger1600 watts1,800 W
Printer 20 watts10 W
Treadmill1500 watts900 W
Scanner10 watts18 W
Air purifier 50.2 watts5 W

A guide to amperage consumption by home appliances:

Amperage basically explains the unit of electricity used by the appliance. although the amount of amperage used depends on various factors like the size of the appliances, frequency of using the appliance in a day, and features of the appliances and it will help you to master your home’s electrical consumption if you have the information about it.

home's electrical consumption
home’s electrical consumption

The following table will help you to know about the actual amperage consumption of a home appliance, power tools, and electronics which you are using around you:

  • Kitchen appliances. 
  • essential appliances. 
  • Entertainment appliances. 
  • Charging of Vehicles. 

Kitchen appliances:

Using the appliances in the kitchen by having proper information on how to use them efficiently in order the appliances does not use an extra amount of ampere which would increase your monthly Electricity bill is very important. 

The following table shows the list of commonly used kitchen appliances and their amperage consumption according to the frequency of using it:

Home appliancesamps
Fridge 6 to 7 amps 
Freezer 0.5A to 20 amps
Microwave 8.3 amps
Refrigerator 1 to 15 amps
Dishwasher 10 amps 

Essential appliances:

There are some appliances that are considered important to be used by every person in their home, offices, and other places. So it is important to know the amperage consumption by those appliances so that you could use them effectively. 

The following table shows the list of the appliances with their amperage consumption:

Home appliancesAverage Amps 
Window ac7.82 amps
Portable ac10.44 amps
Diffuser0.5 amps
Refrigerator1 to 15 amps
Microwave8.3 amps
Dehumidifier2.2 A and 10 A
Electric stove30 to 60 amps
RV AC4.35 amps
Dryer7.5 amps to 30 amps

Entertainment appliances:

Using the appliances unnecessarily when you are not using them also increases the power consumption so you need to know about the amperage consumption by the appliances that you forget to turn it off. 

The following table shows the list of the appliances and the amperage consumption:

Home appliance Average amperage 
Laptop0.1 amps – 2 amps
TV0.9 amps
Xbox one0.58 amps to 1.0 amps
Computer2 amps
home's electrical consumption
home’s electrical consumption

Charging of vehicle:

The amperage consumption for charging an Electric vehicle also matters for home electrical consumption and it does vary according to the usage of the vehicle, range of the car, etc. 

The following table shows the list of amperage consumption at various levels by Electric vehicle:

Electric vehicleAverage amperage
Car battery 48 amps-hours
To start a car 400 to 600 amps
Car Alternator 70 amps up to 150 amps
Tesla home charger 32 amps to 48 amps 
Motorcycle battery 5 to 20 amps

A guide to cost consumption by home appliances:

Before buying any home appliance it is important to study the cost to run the appliance which depends on various factors and you need to consider all those factors such as

  • Model.
  • Frequency of usage.
  • Size of the appliances.
home's electrical consumption
home’s electrical consumption

The following tables show the list of the appliance, vehicles, or any electronics, and the cost to run the appliances:

  • Kitchen appliances.
  • essential appliances.
  • Entertainment appliances.

Kitchen appliances:

The cost to run the kitchen appliance will help you to buy it according to your need and requirements.

Home appliancesAverage running cost 
Refrigerator $104 per year
Toaster $ 0.29 per hour
Dolce Gusto $0.066 per hour 
Freezer $54.78 per year 
Dishwasher $40.58 per year
Microwave $0.44 per hour
Electric kettle$1.75 per hour
Electric stove$145 per year 

Essential appliance:

There are some essential appliances that you are using daily and do consume a lot of electricity but you may are not aware of it how much they affect your electricity bill so this list of costs to run those appliances will help you with mastering of your home electrical consumption.

AppliancesAverage running cost 
Electric heater $0.26 per hour
Washing machine $51.35 per year
Table fan $55.64 per year
Tower fan $0.008 per hour
Box fan $0.011 per hour 
Air purifier$115.48 per year
Electric fireplace$ 0.22 per hour
Window ac$0.36 per hour
dryer$82.74 per year
Portable ac$0.22 per hour
Diffuser $0.0000 645 per hour 
Humidifier $23.15 per year 
Hair dryer $0.28 per hour

Entertainment appliances:

The following table shows the list of the cost of running the appliances which are used on an entertainment basis:

Appliances Average cost to run 
Tv $ 30.90 per year
Xbox series X$9.64 per year
Ps5 $ 15.99 per year 
Laptop $2.58 per year 
Ps4 $0.34 per year 

Electric vehicle:

You need to first compare the cost of the electric vehicle with another model in order to buy a vehicle as the cost will vary according to the model, features, and range of the electric vehicle.

home's electrical consumption
home’s electrical consumption

the following table shows the list of the cost to run an electric vehicle and the cost to charge the EV:

Electric vehicle Average cost to run
Charging electric bike$11.61
Charging Hyundai ioniq electric $5.75
Tesla car $12.88
Lucid air $17.70
Chargiung electric car $606.5
Rick Costa

Leave a Comment