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Typical home energy cost is 10 cents per kilowatt hour
A 60 watt bulb running for one hour uses 60 watt hours
.10 X (60/1000) = .006 cents per hour
16.66 60watt bulbs on for one hour would cost 10 cents.
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A light bulb consumes 19800 watt-hours in 5 days and 12 hours How many watt-hours does it consume per day?
5 days 12 hours = 5.5 days19,800 / 5.5 = 3,600 watt-hours per day = 150 watts
What are terra watt hours?
Watt hour is a measurement of energy use, something that's pulling one watt during one hour. Tera is a multiplier, 1x10^18, so it's either something pulling one watt for that many hours, or it's something pulling that many watts for one hour or something inbetween.
How many kilowatts an hour does a microwave use?
It depends what the power rating of the appliance is. A 500 watt microwave will use half a kilowatt if it's run for an hour on full power. A 750 watt unit will use 3/4 of a unit in the same time period.
How much watt is equal to one ton?
cooling capacty one ton is how much watts
What does a kilowatt-hour measure?
It is a unit of energy. If energy is transferred at a rate (power) of one kilowatt, during one hour, then one kilowatt-hour (kilowatt times hour) of energy will be transferred. Since a joule is equal to a watt-second, a kilowatt-hour is the same as 3.6 million joules.
How much does a 150 watt light bulb use per hour?
You have to pay for the work (enegy) of 150 watt hours. Scroll down to related links and look at "watt-hour - Wikipedia".
How many killawatts are in a standard light bulb?
"A standard light bulb I would consider to be a 60 watt light bulb, and kilowatts are the amount of usage in a light bulb. From my research I have found that a standard 60 watt light bulb uses approximately 1.44 Kilowatts per hour."
How much energy does it take to light a 60-watt light bulb for an hour?
Actually, your wrong. Sure, the lighting ithat is set for proper illumination is 60watts, but if anyone is used to using a dimmer, you can dial down the power consumption for a typical incandescent bulb and it will still light. And as expected, the light level will decrease as you lower the dimmer setting as well.
How much does it cost to run a 60 watt light bulb for 1 hour if electricity costs 10 cent per kilowatt-hour?
1 kilowatt-hour is 1000 watt-hours and 60 watt bulb consume during 1 hour 60 watt-hours of electricity, so then it costs 0.6 cent =>60/1000=0,06*price of 1 kilowatt-hour = 0.6 cent
Where do you find a watt?
A watt is a measurement of electricity, usually pertaining to light. Light bulbs luminosity is graded by wattage, such as a 60 watt bulb, 100 watt bulb and so on. You would find a watt in a light bulb, to start.
Is a watt a light bulb?
A 60 watt light bulb is a light bulb with 60 watts capacity. When talking about watts, you're talking about the power that is transferred from the appliance to the accessories. Therefore, the light bulb labeled "60 watts" takes 60 watts to light up. A 60 watt light bulb will not be as bright as a 120 watt light bulb.
How much money do you save per year when you swith from 60 watt light bulb to 40 watt?
It depends on how much you use the light, and how much power costs in your area. You can find out the second by looking at your electric bill... it'll give the cost per kWh (kilowatt-hour). The difference between a 40 watt bulb and a 60 watt bulb is 20 watts, meaning you'd have to leave the light on for about two days straight for the savings to be even one kilowatt-hour, and if it were on all the time in a year you'd save 180 kWh or so... almost certainly less than $20.
How many 75 watt fluorescent bulbs are needed to give as much light as a 75 watt incandescent bulb?
A 15-watt fluorescent should produce about as much light as a 75-watt incandescent.
How much does it cost to burn 7.5 watt night light bulb?
The bulb uses 7.5 watt-hours each hour, or 90 watt-hours if left on for 12 hours. 1 unit of electricity would be used in 11 days at 12 hours per day.
How much a hour does 100 watt bulb use at 15p?
A 100 w light bulb uses one tenth of a kilowatt of power, therefore in 1 hour it uses one tenth of a kilowatt-hour of energy, that is 0.1 units, or 1.5 p.
How much work is done using a Watt light bulb for 1 hour?
The energy used (work done, same thing) is 120 watt-hours, which is also 0.12 units or 120x3600 joules.
How long does it take a 60 -watt light bulb to consume 60 -watt hours of energy?
60 watt-hrs= 60 watt*1 hr so it will take 1 hour.
