Wednesday, July 16, 2014

HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCES AND THEIR POWER RATINGS

One unit of Electricity saved =one unit of Electricity generated

In the modern society every house is equipped with certain electrical appliances. It is better if all know the rating of each for better utilization of it and saving of power consumption by using them for a shorter duration. Operate the high wattage equipment for lesser duration leads to the consumption of lower units.



Appliance
Watts
Appliance
Watts
Central Air Conditioner
5,000
Electric blanket
200
Electric Clothes Dryer
3,400
Shaver
15
Oven
3,000
Waterpik
100
Hair Dryer
1,538
Well Pump (1/3-1 HP)
480-1200
Dishwasher
1200-1500
Laptop
60-250
Coffee Machine
1,500
Plasma TV
339
Microwave
1,500
LCD TV
213
Popcorn Popper
1,400
25” color TV
150
Toaster oven
1,200
19” color TV
70
Hot Plate
1200
12” black and white TV
20
Iron
1,100
Stereo
30-Oct
Toaster
1,100
Satellite dish
30
Microwave
500-1500
Radiotelephone - Receive
5
Room Air Conditioner NA
1,100
Radiotelephone - Transmit
40-150
Vacuum Cleaner
500
Lights

Water heater
479
100 watt incandescent bulb
100
Sink Waste Disposal
450
25 watt compact fluor. bulb
28
Espresso Machine
360
50 watt DC incandescent
50
Dehumidifier
350
40 watt DC halogen
40
Blender
300
20 watt DC compact fluor.
22
Humidifier
300-1000
CFL Bulb (60-watt equivalent)
18
Video Game Player
195
CFL Bulb (40-watt equivalent)
11
Standard TV
188
CFL Bulb (75-watt equivalent)
20
Monitor
150
CFL Bulb (100-watt equivalent)
30
Computer
120
Heaters***

Portable Fan
100
Engine Block Heater NA
150-1000
Ceiling Fan
100
Portable Heater NA
1500
Can Opener
100
Waterbed Heater NA
400
Curling Iron
90
Stock Tank Heater NA
100
Stereo
60
Furnace Blower
300-1000
Cable Box
20
Clothes Dryer - Gas Heated
300-400
Clock Radio
7
Well Pump (1/3-1HP)
480-1200

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Article by
Mr.B.MuraliKrishna
Department of EEE
Laqshya Institute of Technology and Sciences (LITS) , Khammam

Laqshya Institute of Technology and Sciences

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