The electric company bills its customer by the kilowatt-hour. The number of watts a device uses times the number of hours you leave it on tells you number of watt-hours it consumes, and divided by 1,000 will convert the measurement to kilowatt-hours. Listen to find out more in this podcast from HowStuffWorks.com.
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All clouds are not created equal, So back up your photos, documents and music with Mosey by E m C, the most trusted name in cloud backup, get it today at Mosey dot com. That's m o z y dot com and save ten with promo code brain Stuff. Welcome to brain Stuff from how stuff works dot com where smart happens. Hi, I'm Marshall Brain with today's question, how much does it cost to run an electric blanket? The electric company builds its customers by the kilowatt hour. When you turn on something that consumes one thousand watts for one hour, it consumes one kilowatt hour of electricity. Or if you turn on something that consumes a hundred watts for ten hours, it consumes one kilowatt hour of electricity. The rate you pay for a kilowatt hour varies depending on where you live. You might pay about ten cents per kilowatt hour. Are An electric blanket might consume two watts depending on the setting, So if you leave it on for ten hours, it consumes two kilowatt hours. That would cost about twenty cents to run it for a night at its highest setting. Most electric blankets cycle on and off, so they're only on about half the time or less, depending on the setting. It's probably safe to say that a typical electric blanket set on a normal setting uses about a dime's worth of electricity per night. Compared to the cost of heating up the whole house. That dime can save a lot of money. For more on this and thousands of other topics. Because it how stuff works dot Com, your photos, music and documents are irreplaceable. Protect them with Mosey by E m C, the most trusted name and cloud backup. Back up your files today and save ten percent with promo code. Brain stuff at mosey dot com and moz y dot com