The electricity usage of a tumble dryer may vary considerable depending on the efficiency and age of the appliance.
Newer and more efficient models most probably are going to be more economic. Still, if you have a tumble dryer at home or if you are considering to buy one, it is worth to spend a little time and find out the electricity usage and the electricity cost.
The electricity usage, or the power consumption, should be clearly displayed or easily at the appliance itself of easily accessible online.
Still this is not always the case. If the electricity consumption is low, the power consumption details are easy to find. And the opposite, is the electricity consumption is higher that other similar tumble dryers, the power consumption details may be a bit hidden.
As shown on the picture above, the specification describe that this tumble dryer consumes 243 Kilowatt hours (kWh) per year. As we are paying to our electricity provider 0,217 euro per every kWh we consume, that means that it would add an additional 52 euro per year to our electricity bill.
We have chosen a random tumble dryer and made a simple search for its ‘datasheet’. Out of the results, we have been able to find its power consumption both at Amazon and at the manufacturer’s website.
Once we know the yearly power consumption, the calculator below can be used to calculate the power and cost consumption of a tumble dryer.
You just need to adjust the values in the PARAMETERS section to your requirements and the calculator will automatically display the RESULTS section.
Still, if you want to know the exact electricity usage of your tumble dryer, your best option is to use a plug in power meter to measure the electricity consumption.
This is because a very efficient usage of the tumble dryer may decrease its power consumption and electricity cost. And the opposite, a very poor usage may increase its power consumption and electricity cost.
For more details, have a look to this post that we have created to show you how to use a plug in power meter to measure your appliances and devices power consumption.
A few other examples from our ‘Electricity usage calculators‘ page that may be of your interest:
Not everybody it is familiar with terms like Watts, Kilowatts or Kilowatt hours so if you would like to learn more about them, have a look to this video that we have prepared for you.
Energy conservation can be defined as the decision and the act of using less energy
Energy conservation both benefit you and the environment
The act of saving and conserving electricity does benefit you because you will be paying less on your energy bills.
And it also does benefit the environment because conserving electricity prevents any unnecessary waste of natural resources.
Now, at individual level it may not look worth to try to save a few watts here or there.
Still, every little counts and if hundreds or thousands of us do save a little every time, it will make an important contribution towards conserving our natural resources.
For example, if 9000 households would manage to save as little as 10 Watts per hour (0,01 kWh) worth of electricity per day, that would add to 32850 Kilowatt hour (kWh) per year.
That is a considerable amount of electricity, but let’s add additional perspectives for clarity:
In any case it is clear that small energy savings do really count when looking into the bigger picture.
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