Welcome to our Appliance Cost Calculator! Please enter the number of the listed appliances you have in the space marked "Quantity". Tab through the appliance quantity section and the cost will update automatically or click on the "Update" button in order to get the cost to calculate. To read the comments associated with certain items, please click on the link. Remember, this is only an estimate. Your actual usage and appliances may vary greatly from these averages. If you have an appliance that is not listed, you can easily calculate the cost to operate for a month (or day) using the following formula: watts X number of hours used X 30 days / 1000 = kilowatthours per month X .110713 cents = Cost-To-Run For example: (1) 100 watt light bulb X 4 hours per day X 30 days = 12,000 / 1000 = 12 kWh X .110713 = $1.33 per month. Appliances Quantity Avg.KWH / Month Est.Cost Air Conditioner 1 window unit-daily use 450.0 Air Conditioner - central 800.0 Blanket - electric 7.0 Air Cleaner 50.0 Blender 2.0 Clock/Display 1.0 Clothes Dryer - 5 loads/wk 81.3 Coffee Maker - 1 pot daily 9.0 Deep Fryer 1.5 Dehumidifier - Summer only 270.0 Dishwasher- daily use 145.0 Fan, Whole house fan - 12 hrs. daily 200.0 Fan, Bathroom 2.0 Fan, woodstove blower 30.0 Fan, window or small 22.0 Fan, Ceiling 28.0 Freezer 15CF Frostless - new 47.0 Freezer - 15CF Frostfree - 10 yrs old 87.0 Freezer 15CF Manual 50.0 Furnace - Base Board 70.0 Furnace - Forced Hot Air 150.0 Hair  Dryer &/or Curling Iron 1.0 Hot Tub 450.0 Pool Filter 269.0 Heater, Portable Elec.: - 1500 watt unit 24/7 1080.0 Hot Plate - 7.0 Humidifier- cool mist 40.5 Jacuzzi Tub- 1 time/wk, 15 min. 10.0 Light Bulb - 1-100 watt, 4 hrs/day 12.0 Lights, Flood - (2) 150 w, 1 hr. daily 9.0 Microwave/Convection Oven 6.25 Mixer 0.5 Oven, Self Cleaning used 80.4 Oven, Self Cleaning not used 50.0 Personal Computer- 41.0 Pond pump 432.0 Phonograph/Stereo/CD player 4.0 Radio - 1 hr a day 0.15 Range- 1 lg & 1 sm burner, 30 min. nightly 25.0 Refrig bar size - new, older units inefficient. 35.0 Refrig12 Cu. Ft. Frostless. 1-5 years old. 50.0 Refrig 14 Cu. Ft. 1-5 yrs old. 60.0 Refrig 21 Cu. Ft side by side - New 53.0 Refrig 21 Cu. Ft side by side - 10 yrs old. 110.0 Refrig 21 Cu. Ft side by side - 20 yrs old. 230.0 Roof cables/eliminate ice - 12 days 237.5 Toaster/oven 5.0 Treadmill- 3.5 mph on a 10 mph unit, 2.5 hrs/wk 12.0 Television Black & White 5.0 Television , color- 21.6 Vacuum Cleaner - 12.0 VCR/DVD 6.0 Washing Machine - 5 loads/wk. 280 watts/load 7 Water distiller - 1 gal per day 270.0 Water Bed Heater 75.0 Water Heater 620.0 Well Pump - 4 people 50.0   Subtotal:   Facility Charge: 9.59   Total:

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Comments & Explanations:

Air Cleaner: 50 kWh is a very efficient unit. Some are 1500 watts which would equate to 1080 kwh per month. Back

Clothes Dryer: Expect to pay about 45 cents per load electric and 3 cents per load propane. The new energy efficient dryers cut drying time to about 30 minutes and therefor reduce cost to about 22 cents per load. Back

Dehumidifier: Will cost between $15 - $45 per month depending on usage. If emptied every day, the cost is towards the higher end. Back

Dishwasher: 145 kWh is for daily useage with no dry cycle using water heated in an electric water heater. The kWh drop to 45 is using water heated by oil or proprane. Back

Fan: A ceiling fan would cost between $3 -$6 per month running 24/7. Back

Freezer: Manual units are quite efficient. Newer units will run about 30 kWh per month. Back

Furnace: These systems will have the fan run on "auto" or "continuous". It could cost between $15 - $45 / mo. to operate based upon run time. Back

Hot Tub: The price can be extreme if they are located outside in the winter. We have seen operating costs of $150! Ask dealer if they know the wattage of the heating element and use the cost to operate formula to figure out cost to run. Figure about $20 / mo. in the summer and $40 - $80 / mo. in the winter. Back

Heater, Electric: Portable electric heaters are usually 1500 watts. Baseboard electric is normally 250 watts per foot. Back

Humidifier: A hot steam unit will cost almost $30 per month. Back

Jacuzzi Tub: If the tub has an integral heater, add 1500 watts for every hour the tub runs. Back

Light Bulb: This is the kWh one 100 watt bulb would consume if used 4 hours per day, 7 days per week. Back

Microwave: Quanitity number will be the number of persons in th house that use the appliance. Back

Personal Computer: On 24/7 but actually used 1 hour daily. "Sleeping" = 23 to 50 watts per hour, "in use" = 250 to 300 watts per hour. Back

Range: Assume 600 watts / hour for a small burner & 800 watts / hour for a large. Back

Refrigerators: In general, all refrigerators listed are assumed to be in very good working order. The older they are, the less frequently you should hear them cycle. Back

Television, Color:This calculation is for a typical 19 - 25 inch set, which uses 180 watts per hour. 36" sets and high, including projection & plasma use higher wattages and thus cost more. Back

Water Bed Heater: When working overtime - for example, in a cold room with an uncovered bed, can be as much as $50 per month! Back

Water Heater (electric): Many assumptions are made and actual cost can vary greatly. If you constantly run out of hot water, your unit runs more & costs more. This also assumes one 10 minute shower each daily. Back