how much energy does it use
2062342
I have absolutely no idea how I would be able to know this. I can't imagine it is very much, being new and smaller.
844907
Let's define energy efficient. There are 5 other answers to this question at the time I'm posting this, but no one has mentioned what energy efficient means. Do you know what you mean by it? Generally, efficient would mean that whatever device you are discussing uses most of its energy for whatever its main purpose is and not much toward other uses. Your incandescent light bulbs utilize about 9 percent of the energy they consume for light and send the other 91% into heat. What a waste. How inefficient. Similarly, feel how HOT your car engine is after only a 4-mile drive and how long it stays hot and you realize that you are WASTING thousands of gallons of gasoline simply heating the Earth's atmosphere. The great thing about a heater is that its product is the waste that we find in so many other devices. We WANT all that waste and inefficiency that is in other machines to shoot out of the front of the electric heater. Where does this heater use its electrical energy? Heating the wires and spinning the fan. Between different heaters, there are probably slight variations in what percentage of the energy goes toward spinning the fan; however, in every heater MOST of the energy goes into the heating elements. Thus, efficient doesn't mean much when you are comparing forced-hot-air electric heaters. The total wattage determines how much heat you get. The interesting thing about this heater, that you may not have noticed, is that this heater uses ONLY 750 watts, which is HALF what most of the other electric heaters for sale here use. So, it really won't give out much heat, as a number of reviewers have written. Unless you are in a very small room with NO drafts, this heater won't do much. If your electric rate is 14 cents per KwH, then running a 1500-watt heater for 8 hours costs you $1.68. Running this heater for the same time costs half that, but gives you only half the heat.
1026390
I have given a link to to energy guide for this unit below. Further information can be obtained from the manufacturer. http://www.goedekers.com/assets/PDF/GE/gtwn5650fwsenergyguide.pdf
154519
Not much. It will only run about ten minutes on high then overheat and shut down. It is basically junk.
1687746
The unit has a UL label on the bottom that says 1500 watts. I doubt if it actually uses quite that much power. I don't have a clamp on amp meter and decline to build a rig to measure the voltage and current while it is in use. You could measure the amount of water, the temperature change and calculate the power required presuming perfect efficiency. All of that I decline to do as well. Sorry all I got is the 1500 watts.If you are worried about current draw on a given circuit I expect that this thing will draw around 12 to 13 amps. That is a guess not a professional opinion. I retired and put my license on inactive. The unit has a UL label on the bottom that says 1500 watts. I doubt if it actually uses quite that much power. I don't have a clamp on amp meter and decline to build a rig to measure the voltage and current while it is in use. You could measure the amount of water, the temperature change and calculate the power required presuming perfect efficiency. All of that I decline to do as well. Sorry all I got is the 1500 watts.If you are worried about current draw on a given circuit I expect that this thing will draw around 12 to 13 amps. That is a guess not a professional opinion. I... » Read More The unit has a UL label on the bottom that says 1500 watts. I doubt if it actually uses quite that much power. I don't have a clamp on amp meter and decline to build a rig to measure the voltage and current while it is in use. You could measure the amount of water, the temperature change and calculate the power required presuming perfect efficiency. All of that I decline to do as well. Sorry all I got is the 1500 watts.If you are worried about current draw on a given circuit I expect that this thing will draw around 12 to 13 amps. That is a guess not a professional opinion. I retired and put my license on inactive. « Show Less
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1.4 amps. No wattage on plate. 315 KWhours estimated yearly electrical use on attached energy use sheet (it is an Energy Star appliance). Uses R134a refrigerant. Hope this helps.
1970077
It uses normal household current. We used it on our deck this year and it worked well!
300091
The generator uses approximately one gallon of propane per hour. I'm not sure how much is used for the Weekly self-check.
922768
Yes, very, very energy efficient...... Only pennies per hour to run. Love it......works great.....everyone needs one.
2022329
According to the owner's manual it consumes 600 watts. A label affixed to the back of the unit states the same, 600 watts consumption.
1877644
This should answer your question http://www.pcpower.com/technology/power_usage/
1862280
If you used this heater 12 hours per day on the high setting (1500W), this is approximately what you'd have: 1500Wx12Hx30D=540,000W per month or 540Kw. For average utility electricity averaging about 10 cents per Kw that would give you monthly usage amount of around 54 dollars. We use this heater in conjunction with central heating and not as an addition. We are actually seeing our normal monthly bill drop.
567083
Honestly, I have no idea. I can't imagine that it is much of a power hog, though. I guess I could measure it...
725586
Sorry, I don't know. I have only used it less than an hour without power. I have never run it until it goes dead.
1007203
I got a B60 for Christmas and measured it with a P3 Kill A Watt.- Mine takes about 4 minutes to heat water from unplugged- When idle, it consumes 5-6 watts, with infrequent spikes to 400 watts to keep heated, and during brewing- After a brew cycle, when it pumps new water it spikes to 1500 watts for about a minute- A brew cycle uses less than 0.02kWh- Mine used a total of 0.67kWh in a 24 hour period including 5 brew cycles- At $0.15 per kWh, that's around 10 cents a day to leave it heated 24/7.
1773162
It uses 1500 watts at 120 vac. in other words, if you ran it for 1 hour, it would use 1.5 KWH. Where I live a KWH costs around 7.5 cents. So if I ran it for 8 hours a day it would cost around 60 cents a day.
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My heater has been great so far. I've owned it for about a year and use it to heat my family room (20 x 13 ft). It keeps the room quite comfortable, but don't know how much energy it actual uses---just know that I rarely have to turn on my house heater which saves money.