Television
Viewing time, picture settings, screen size, and standby.
Find the largest users in your home: enter your own
schedules and measured values in the
whole-home appliance inventory.
Its contributor table ranks the entered appliances by annual kWh
without claiming that the ranking applies to every household.
Browse by category
- Kitchen: refrigerator, air fryer, dishwasher, microwave, and electric oven.
- Laundry: washing machine and electric clothes dryer.
- Entertainment: television and game console.
- Home office: Wi-Fi router and laptop.
- Heating and humidity: space heater and dehumidifier.
- Cooling and air movement: ceiling fan, portable air conditioner, and window air conditioner.
- Lighting: LED light bulb.
Refrigerator
Duty cycles, age, temperature, room conditions, and measurement.
Washing machine
Load frequency, cycle duration, motor duty, and water-heating scope.
Space heater
High-power resistance heat, thermostat cycling, and essential safety.
Game console
Gaming duration, media modes, auto-sleep, and standby settings.
Air fryer
Electrical input, complete cooking cycles, heater cycling, idle display power, and blocked smart-plug control.
Wi-Fi router
Continuous operating power, representative measurement, and connectivity-dependent safety restrictions.
Laptop
Wall-input measurement, workload, charging, sleep, connected idle, docks, and accessories.
LED light bulb
One-bulb input watts, lighting schedule, identical-bulb quantity, and connected-light idle power.
Dishwasher
Measured kWh per complete cycle, cycles per week, electricity-only scope, and blocked smart-plug control.
Electric clothes dryer
Complete-load kWh, moisture and sensor effects, electric-only scope, and high-current safety restrictions.
Microwave oven
Electrical input watts, minutes per use, use frequency, clock standby, and cooking-power distinctions.
Dehumidifier
Humidity-driven compressor cycling, representative measured kWh, drainage, restart, and control functions.
Electric oven
Complete-session kWh, preheating, thermostat cycling, electric-only scope, and high-current safety restrictions.
Ceiling fan
Seasonal days, speed, motor and light-kit input, receiver standby, and hardwired safety.
Portable air conditioner
Seasonal compressor cycling, measured kWh, room and installation conditions, and conservative control policy.
Window air conditioner
Seasonal duty, capacity versus electrical input, sealing, measurement, and blocked smart-plug economics.
Custom appliance
Enter label or measured power for any appliance not listed here.
Comparison basis: guide tables use $0.18/kWh only to
make scenarios comparable. Always enter your own electricity rate in
the calculator.
Learn how to distinguish low-power states from continuous operation in the standby-power measurement and safety guide.