Sunday, September 20, 2015

9/16 Manga Guide 5 common appliances

Most homes can hold about 200 amps of electrical power, making the possibility of overloading, quite small. In order to find the capacity of circuits so they don't overload:
Find what breaker/ fuse services which outlet. Once this circuit is identified, check the amps # (i.e. 15) at the end of the breaker switch. 
Multiply this by 120 (volts) to find the total wattage, or capacity, for the circuit: For example, 15 x 120 = 1800 watts.
Multiply the total wattage by 0.8 to find the safe wattage: 1800 x 0.8 = 1440 watts.

Here is a simple chart of typical every day family home appliances and the general cost per kWh. I could not get a detailed chart of my home specifically but assuming that I live with two other people, the cost may be lower than this chart shows.

No comments:

Post a Comment