Alwayslearningelec
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Does anyone know how I can figure how much my washer/dryer is costing me everyone we use it? It is an electric dryer. Thanks.
An engineer at my job told me to get the info off of the nameplate on the washer/dryer and I can calculate it off that. Not exactly sure what he was saying:dunce:
An engineer at my job told me to get the info off of the nameplate on the washer/dryer and I can calculate it off that. Not exactly sure what he was saying:dunce:
Here is a calculator. Understand that the settings and run time of the appliances will variate the actual load.
http://www.citytrf.net/costs_calculator.htm
Thanks.
Add $200 for installation. Then see http://www.nppd.com/My_Home/Product_Brochures/Additional_Files/electric_usage.asp for an estimate. Say if you use warm/cold in the wash (don't forget the cost of heating water), the estimated cost is $0.598 per load. You can meter it for the cost of 660 loads of laundry.Cost is about $165, but you should add maybe another $30 for line filters.
THere has to be a way to figure it out base on the watts, fla info etc. given on the washer and dryer and knowing how long I use them everytime.....no?
THis is the calculation the engineers told me to use.
the FLA x 110volts = A
Let's say the washer cycle is 1/2 hour
A X 1/2hour =B(KWH)..now divide B by 1000 to get KW for that cycle
FLA X 110volts= A
Let's say the dryer cycle is 45 min
A X 3/4= B(KWH)..now divide B by 1000 to get KWH for that cycle
If I add both the washer and dryer KWH together and multiple by 25 cents that will be the most it will cost me.
MAke sense?
This might get you a rough idea. You would confuse me less if you said A X 3/4 = B(watts) or better = B(VA). Then I wouldn't have to scratch my head so much to figure out why you divide by 1000. Except that the dryer is 240 V. The washer doesn't run at FLA the whole time of the cycle and you need to multiply by power factor to get from VA to watts, but your calcs will get you an upper limit. How do you heat your water? Do you want to include that cost?
Do you really pay 25 cents/kWh? I'm glad I don't live where you do. My rate in SC is 10 cents.
I tried to figure this out once. I got confused and simply quit doing laundry for a month to see what result it had on the power bill.
Worthwile money can be saved by line drying laundry when possible.
Here in the UK a typical wash cycle uses from 0.5 to 1.5 KWH with a cold fill washer.
Drying the same load is from 3.0 to 6.0 KWH.
Probably more in the USA as machines take larger loads of laundry.