{"id":61,"date":"2008-11-10T10:52:14","date_gmt":"2008-11-10T15:52:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thinkstick.dreamhosters.com\/?p=61"},"modified":"2008-11-10T10:52:14","modified_gmt":"2008-11-10T15:52:14","slug":"conscientious-cook-the-cost-of-running-kitchen-appliances","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thinkstick.dreamhosters.com\/2008\/11\/conscientious-cook-the-cost-of-running-kitchen-appliances\/","title":{"rendered":"Conscientious Cook: The Cost of Running Kitchen Appliances"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"2008_11_6-Appliances.jpg\"<\/a>Elizabeth’s post from a few weeks ago on costing out a home-cooked meal<\/a> got us thinking about the average cost of running our kitchen appliances. Did you know that a slow-cooker<\/a> on the high setting uses about 150 watts and costs roughly 2-cents per hour? Hear more after the jump!<\/p>\n

posted originally from: TheKitchn<\/a><\/p>\n

In our research, we came across First Energy, which serves the Akron, Ohio area. They offer a handy guide that includes a breakdown of the cost to run each appliance in your house along with some tips on saving energy. (The link to this guide is at the bottom of this post.)<\/p>\n

They estimate their costs based on 11-cents per kilowatt-hour and give instructions for how to calculate your cost if the price per kilowatt-hour is different in your area. <\/p>\n

Here are some of their estimates:<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Refrigerator-Freezer and Auto-Defrost (20-24 cubic feet): 600 watts, $10.27\/month
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Microwave Oven (estimating 30 minutes per day): 1500 watts, $2.49\/month
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Garbage Disposal (estimating 5 minutes per day): 800 watts, $.22\/day
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Dishwasher (wash cycle only): 300 watts, $.04\/use<\/p>\n

Some of this energy use and their prices may seem insignificant, but it does add up. We think that even trimming down use on a few appliances or switching to more energy-saving appliances can make a difference over the long run.<\/p>\n

What do you think?<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Making Cents of Electricity from the First Energy Corporation<\/a> (opens to a .pdf)<\/p>\n

Related:<\/strong> Conscientious Cook: How to Start Saving Money This Week<\/a><\/p>\n

(Image: Flickr member Andy Leitch<\/a> licensed under Creative Commons<\/a>)<\/small> <\/p>\n

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Elizabeth’s post from a few weeks ago on costing out a home-cooked meal got us thinking about the average cost of running our kitchen appliances. Did you know that a slow-cooker on the high setting uses about 150 watts and costs roughly 2-cents per hour? Hear more after the jump! posted originally from: TheKitchn In […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/thinkstick.dreamhosters.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/thinkstick.dreamhosters.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/thinkstick.dreamhosters.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thinkstick.dreamhosters.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thinkstick.dreamhosters.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/thinkstick.dreamhosters.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/thinkstick.dreamhosters.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thinkstick.dreamhosters.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thinkstick.dreamhosters.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}