How much are your common household appliances actually costing you? From SolarPower.guide, this infographic shows both the estimated energy cost and estimated energy use of several common electronics and appliances that you can find around your house. For example, every load of laundry that you do in your home is costing you anywhere between $0.33 and $0.52, which depends on if it's a light or heavy load of laundry (at 2.5 kWh to 4.0 kWh of energy per load). Your kitchen is another place within your home that is full of appliances. In the kitchen, your microwave uses about 0.12 kWh of energy every five minutes, at an estimated cost of $0.02 for every five minutes. Some other common kitchen appliances include your coffee maker ($0.02 per brew cycle), your dishwasher ($0.07 per load), the oven ($0.03 per hour) and the toaster oven ($0.10 per hour on average).
Infographic by: solarpower.guide