My Energy Consumption

Over the break I attempted to record my energy consumption through appliances I use everyday in my room in my hostel. Having purchased one of the recommended energy reading devices I found it extremely hard to use! Not a great example of design and I will be taking this into account when I begin designing mt device and interface! I managed to gather some numbers and have recorded some averages on how much each appliance used. The reader was very hard to use and read, the numbers changed dramatically over some time so these are estimated averages for four appliances I measured in my hostel room.


Laptop (On Charger):
0.1 AMP
13 Watts
Power Factor of 100
0.1 KWh
229 VoltAC at 50 Hz

Note: Some of the above numbers changed when i dimmed and brightened the screen and also changed depending on how active I was on it

IPhone (On Charger):
0.1 AMP
29 Watts
Power Factor of 100
0.1 KWh
231 VoltAC at 50 Hz

Hair Straightener:
0.4 AMP
11 Watts
Power Factor of 100
0.1 KWh
236 VoltAC at 50 Hz

Hair Dryer:
4.96 AMP
116 Watts
Power Factor of 100
0.1 KWh
227 VoltAC at 50 Hz