Electric Applionce Operoting Costs

O Ne of the sticking points in try- v- ing to sell small electric aPPliances is the public's worry that they will be "wasting energy." To manY people they seem an extravagance in the face of soaring electric bills.

The fact is, appliances made for specific purposes are better energy conservers than the large, general purpose appliances. For example, an egg cooker is many times stingier with energy than an electric range is to do the same job; an electric range uses 4.21 times as much energy.

An electric shaver uses less electri city to shave four minutes a day for one year than the electricity needed to heat two gallons of water from 60oF to 1400F.

Story at a Glance

Small electric appliances often use less electricity (and money) to operate than it takes to do the same job using an electric range or oven...use this chart to show the savings Possible.

Using the chart as a guide, you can quickly see how little energy and money is used by reading the right hand column, kilowatt hours per year (KWH/Year). A KW is a unit of energy equal to the work done by 1,000 watts in one hour, the rough national average cost is about 3l per KWH. A handheld mixer costs only I KWH/per year, or 3{, to operate.

Use this chart asa guide to tell your customer that a new electric appliance really is what they need to conserve electricitv.