A kilowatt hour is the use of 1000 watts of power in 1 hour. The deicers should have a rating of a voltage such as 110 volts or 220 volts and a current of "X" amps. Multiply the voltage (in volts) times the current (in amps) and you will then know how much "power" in watts the deicer uses. My guess is you will see numbers such as 120 volts at 5 amps. Therefore 120 x 5 = 600 watts per hour or .6 kilowatts per hour.
It depends on the power rating of the saw. If it is a 1 KW (Kilowatt) saw then it will use 1 KWH (Kilowatt hour) of electricity for every hour it is used. This is equivalent to 1 unit of electricity. If it is 500 W (Watt) then it will use half this. If it is 2 KW it will use double this.
1 unit is 1 kilowatthour, ie 1 kilowatt for 1 hour
These are two different values. kWh is the amount of kW that are used in an hour. To convert kW to kva use the same formula but leave out the pf (power factor) component.AnswerFirst of all your should realise that power is measured in watts (or kilowatts), not in kilowatt hours! A kilowatt hour is an unit of measurement for energy, or work done, NOT power! So your question doesn't actually make any sense!Furthermore, a kilovolt ampere is the unit of measurement for apparent power, and it should be written as 'kV.A', not 'kva'.So you cannot convert energy in kilowatt hours to apparent power in kilovolt amperes, as we are talking about two completely different quantities! It's like asking "How do you convert miles into kilometres per hour?" That's what I mean by your question not making any sense!The first answer needs correction, as the kilowatt hour is not 'the amount of kilowatts used in one hour'. You do not 'use' kilowatts, as kilowatts is simply a rate. So the correct definition is that a kilowatt hour is the amount of energy used in one hour, at the rate of one kilowatt.
Remember that 1 kW = 1000 W So 100 / 1000 = 0.1 100 W = 0.1 kW You take the power - the wattage of the lamp, and multiply with how long it is lit. A 100 W bulb - 0.1 kW - will use 0.1 kWh in one hour. Or 1 kWh in 10 hours. Or 10 kWh in 100 hours.
From an article about Al Gore's exorbitant energy consumption, dated February 26, 2007: "The average household in America consumes 10,656 kilowatt-hours (kWh) per year, according to the Department of Energy." http://www.tennesseepolicy.org/main/article.php?article_id=367 10,656 / 12 = 888 kWh per month
Measuring electricity usage.
Anything that uses 40 kilowatts would use 40 kilowatt-hours for each and every hour.
Kilowatt is a measure of the rate of energy use. It is 1,000 Watts or 1,000 Joules per second. A kilowatt hour is 1,000 Joules per second for 3,600 seconds or 3,600,000 Joules. This means a Kilowatt hour not a rate but a measure of total energy used.
Watts does not have a time component to it; so you should have asked, "How many kilowatt-hours does an oven use per hour?' For example, if the oven uses 1600 watts, then in one hour, it would use 1600 watt-hours, or 1.6 kilowatt-hours.
Well 1 KWh is "1000 watts per hour". So if you have 400w per hour take400watts per hour divided by 1000 and it shows that you get "0.4KWh".AnswerThere is no such thing as a 'kilowatt per hour', which is why the unit of measurement is a 'kilowatt hour', and NOT a 'kilowatt per hour'!.To determine the number of kilowatt hours of energy consumed by the lamp, multiply its power, expressed in kilowatts, by the length of time it is in use. For your example, the answer is 0.4 kWh.
kilowatt hour - the use of 1000 watts in one hour
A 400-watt light uses energy at the rate of 0.4 kilowatt. In 1 hour, it uses 0.4 kilowatt-hour of energy.
A Kilowatt hour is 1000 watts per hour. A 50 watt bulb will use just 50 watts per hour. Therefore over 12 hours the 50 watt bulb will use 50*12 watts = 600 watts or 0.6 of a kilowatt hour.
A unit (as mentioned on the electricity bills) is represented in kWH or Kilowatt Hour. This is the actual electricity or energy used. If you use 1000 Watts or 1 Kilowatt of power for 1 hour then you consume 1 unit or 1 Kilowatt-Hour (kWH) of electricity.
1kilowatt = 1000 watts but you cannot compare a kilowatt hour to a watt, the extra dimension of time changes what is being measured. The watt is a measure of power. The watt second and the kilowatt hour is energy. The misunderstanding comes from our use of the term POWER COMPANY for our electricity suppliers. They bill us in kilowatt hours which is energy, not power.
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.
Your term "hydro" is another term for kilowatt hours. So to answer your question a 4800 watt heater on for an hour would consume 4.8 kilowatt/hours. To take it further if you knew what you pay for a kilowatt hour in your area, multiply it by 4.8 and you could see how much it costs you to operate the heater. An example if you pay .11 cents a kilowatt hour, the price would be .528 or 53 cents an hour.