Robin Burden answered
You may not think that your washing machine uses all that much electricity, but according to one expert website, you might be spending up to £63 a year to run the thing!
In principle, how much electricity your machine uses depends on two factors:
How much does your washing machine cost to run? To work out how much money your washing machine is adding to your bills, you'd first need to figure out how much your electricity supplier is charging your per kilowatt.
In the UK and EU, there's a rating system that can be applied to all washing appliances based on their efficiency. It's now illegal to sell an appliance that rates below a C grade on this scale, and most washing machines are manufactured to somewhere between an A and A+++ standard.
If your machine is fairly recent, it's likely that it's using around 1 kilowatt of electricity per hour - which works out to less than 10p per wash.
The main reason that you might see this figure rise is if your heating element needs servicing due to damage caused by hard water.
In principle, how much electricity your machine uses depends on two factors:
- What model washing machine you're using.
- What settings you are using to wash your clothes on.
How much does your washing machine cost to run? To work out how much money your washing machine is adding to your bills, you'd first need to figure out how much your electricity supplier is charging your per kilowatt.
In the UK and EU, there's a rating system that can be applied to all washing appliances based on their efficiency. It's now illegal to sell an appliance that rates below a C grade on this scale, and most washing machines are manufactured to somewhere between an A and A+++ standard.
If your machine is fairly recent, it's likely that it's using around 1 kilowatt of electricity per hour - which works out to less than 10p per wash.
The main reason that you might see this figure rise is if your heating element needs servicing due to damage caused by hard water.
