If my heater uses 1300 watts for 24 hrs per day, for 30 days, how many kilowatt hours will it use? Help!!?

Question

I am thinking of buying a heater that looks like a wood stove, but it is electric. My other alternative to supplement heat in my house is a pellet stove. I can't read darn conversion tables on watts to kilowatt hours to save my life. If I run this 1300 watt heater 24 hours per day for 30 days a month, I need to know how many kilowatt hours KWH it will use to figure out how much it will cost me...please, help me you math wizards! Anne in Canada

Wow, I sure am getting a lot of answers, my rate per kwh is .0709 times the kwh. I just thought you might like to know what our Alberta rural rates are. Then they charge us about $60.00 per month on top of that for the privilege of using their service, so according to you all, if I supplement my heat with an electric fireplace it will cost me either $27.00 or $65.00 per month approximately...what fun, thanks for the answers..any of you work for an electric company?

Answer 1

Convert your watts into kilowatts.
1300w/1000 = 1∙3kW

Hr - is the unit of time used.
Time - No. or hours by No. of days.

Power used * time = kWh.
1300w * (24hr * 30) = 936kWh.

To calculate the cost, multiply by the cost of a kWh unit.
936 kWh * price = 936 kWh * $ = Cost.

Now take into consideration the rate of tax and add it on.
Cost + tax = Total bill.

(I don't know the Canadian rates).

Answer 2

Its simple

Your heater uses 1300 watthours every day
Therefore, in 30 days it will use 1300*30 = 39000 Wh or 39 KWh

So, in order to find out the cost, multiply your rate per KWh by 39 and you'll get your cost. Don't listen to the others, the guys sayin 1.3KWh and all, god alone knows where they learnt their math.

Trust me!!!I know what im typing!!!Good Luck on your electric problems.

Answer 3

Call your electric utility and ask them to send you their rates for your location. They may vary with time of year. They should give you the rate in dollars per kwh. The above answers have given you the right number for kwh.

Answer 4

easy

1300 watts * 24 hours/day * 30 days = 1300 * 24 * 30 watt hours
= 936,000 watt hours (Wh)
= 936 kWh

I'd do the other calculation too, but I have no idea how much on kWh costs in Canada.

Answer 5

Watts To Cost

Answer 6

Power in KW=1300/1000
=1.3Kw
One day power spending=1.3*24
=31.2KwH
For 30 Days Power=30*31.2
=936KwH

Answer 7

TRUST Me
Ur heater uses 1.3 kw per hour
For 30 days it will use 936 kw
Multiply 936 to ur rate per kw/h to get cost

Answer 8

9 min/day x 365 days/year = minutes per year minutes per year / minutes per hour (60) = hours per year 1800 watts / 1000 = kilowatts (1.8) 1.8 x hours per year = kilowatt hours per year You should be able to figure it out from here

Answer 9

54 Kw/h
3900Kw/h in 30 days

Answer 10

it uses 39 kilowatts of current.