How much does this appliance is costing in energy use?

[Branster]

Complete mental block and I'm hoping someone could help me work this out please.
I have a dehumidifier I'd like to use for drying clothes but need to know the cost for electricity.
Power is 580 watts
My new electricity tariff is 29.484p/kwh

0.58kw x £0.29484 = £0.17

So approximately half a kw is costing about half of tariff for 1 hour

Am I understanding this correctly? Just under 20p to use the dehumidifier for 1 hour?

It doesn't look like a lot but I'm estimating having this on for maybe 5h a couple of times a week so just under £7/month.
Allowing for forgetting to switch off after 5h every now snd then, I'm looking at £10/month.

Or am I missing something?

Standing charges don't count - I worked out these will be around £20/month rounded up for all standing charges gas and electric.

I cannot believe how long I've been thinking about this one issue for £10/month! But needs must.
Once I get this clear in my head, I need to face electric oven and washing machine usage costs - a bit scared to do it yet, so I'm starting slowly.

I'd agree it would use 17p an hour IF it's on maximum for the hour. On normal settings my dehumidifier cuts in and out. You can use a smart plug to turn it off at a certain time, or my dehumidifier has a timer option to run it for x hours.

Your calculations are correct.

Surely there’s an App around that can work out these figures easily? If not, someone should create one!

Thank you very much for your replies.
Very good point about timer - I forgot it has that function! It will only be used to speed up drying clothes and it seems to stay on constantly for this task.
Yes please, an app would be amazing!

If a couple of times a week is twice then it will cost you 7.37 a month or 88.4 a year assuming you dont forget to turn it off but I'm sure ours doesnt run for more than an hour before switching itself off.

I find buying materials that are easy to dry saves me a fortune in terms of time and money so those swimming towels dry faster than say egyptian cotton and the heat tech materials used in a lot of Uniqlo clothes dry in less than 30 minutes. Another solution is to use more than 1 clothes drying rack to spread the fabrics out and give them more surface area to dry.

I have an electric oven and recently bought a air fryer which seems to have cut down to electricity useage.

That's actually useful to consider, a second airdryer for hanging clothes to dry.

It's things like some thicker bedding and these blasted cotton hoodies DCs are addicted to - take aaages to dry and they are big sizes too.

I will look at airfryers and halogen oven etc as next step. It seems to be a sensible alternative.

We'll end up with outdoor communal ovens at this rate like 500 years ago 😁

@Soontobe60

Surely there’s an App around that can work out these figures easily? If not, someone should create one!

It's called a calculator. They've existed for decades and now most phones include a crappy version of one. Or some people even use a piece of paper and a pen.

Even with an app, you'd have to enter your unit rate, the consumption of the appliance and the time you use it, so the same information that you would plug into a calculator.

With hoodies, only wash them when they need it and when you can hang them up/out to dry. Don't do loads of hard to dry washing on days when its all going to have to go on airers.

@BarbaraofSeville

With hoodies, only wash them when they need it and when you can hang them up/out to dry. Don't do loads of hard to dry washing on days when its all going to have to go on airers.

I have the same problem with hoodies and this is a good idea and what I do.

I will look at airfryers and halogen oven etc as next step. It seems to be a sensible alternative.

My airfryer was only 30 pounds from robert dyas and saved me 6 pounds in a month if I have done my sums correctly. I haven't turned on my oven since I bought the airfyer which means added bonus of not having to clean the oven.

For bedding how about a thinner tog duvet and an ikea type duvet cover which dries quickly and then a thick blanket on top, the type they advertise as weighted blankets on Amazon but can find them in my local mishmash shop of everything on the highstreet.Usually between 25-45 depending on how heavy you want them. I find the blankets dont need washing as often because they arent actually in contact while you sleep but still keep you warm. Which also means heating doesn't need to be on. Hope that makes sense.