How much time is there in a KWH?

Question

If my electricity is billed by killowat hours how can I use more than 24 in one day?

Answer 1

Kilowatt hour is exactly what its name implies.

KWH = Number of KiloWatts x Hours of usage.

If you have a bulb that is 100 Watts and you use it for 8 hours a day for 30 days, you will be billed:

100 x 8 x 30 = 24,000 watts hour (or 24 kilowatts hour)

If 1 kilowatt hour is charged at $0.20, you will have to pay,

24 x $0.20 = $4.80 for the usage.

Further,

To use more than 24 KWH per day, just add up the usage of your different appliances at home. You need to find out what is the wattage (in KW) and the number of hours they are used in a day. Multiply the KW with the Hours of usage for each appliance and then sum them up. Do this until you exceed 24. Is OK to exceed 24 KWH per day, you will just be billed accordingly.

Answer 2

A kilowatt is 1,000 Watts, or 10 lightbulbs @100W. If you have these switched on for one hour, that is one KWH. If you have 100 lightbulbs going for one hour, that is 10 KWH. It is possible to use up unlimited KWH in a 24 hour period if you have enough stuff plugged in and switched on. The reason the power company uses this form of measurement is because the total number of KWH used is directly proportional to the amount of coal that must be burned to provide you with that amount of electricity. The more coal, the more cost, and the more global warming.

Answer 3

KWH = KiloWatts TIMES hours.

Therefore, using a forty kiloWatt device for one hour will be forty kilowatt Hours.

Two hours, eighty kilowatt hours.

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Hope that cleared it up.

Answer 4

By using more than one kilowatt. It's called addition.