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Hi, Please can you help me? I’m looking for a way of finding out how much it costs in electricty and water to do a load of washing – 40 degree wash for mixed fabrics.
ThanksRe: Cost per wash for Hoover Performer Eco 1300
To know how much electricity your machine is consuming, check your machines power rating, usually listed on its rating plate or user instruction booklet, shown in KWh rating (e.g 1.5KWh). Check with your electricity supplier how much they are charging you per KWh (usually shown on your electricity bill. Then time exactly how long your machine takes to complete your 40 degree mixed fabrics cycle and get the calculator out to reckon the answer.
As far as water consumption is concerned, again check the technical specification given in the user booklet as to the average consumption for a 40 degree wash. (As a rough guide around 65 litres’ish I would think?). If you are on a water meter then the water company will show the costing on your water bill.
Don’t forget to add the cost of detergent and fabric conditioner per wash? (That’s much easier to figure out anyway – simply check your supermarket bill for that!!)
HTH? ๐
Re: Cost per wash for Hoover Performer Eco 1300
thank you for your reply but having dug out the booklet that came with the washing machine there is none of the helpful info in there that you thought there might be ๐
it is 10 years old though so maybe i shouldn’t be surprised. it is a 1300 spin machine and I just need a rough idea – it seems easy enough to find an average cost for tumble dryers but not washing machines
Re: Cost per wash for Hoover Performer Eco 1300
Bit late on this one, but here goes.
You cannot accurately measure blindly, by the rating-plate,- incoming water-temperature, size of load and ambient temperature will all have a big effect, as the heater uses the most current, but only when it’s actually on!
I’d suggest- turn off/unplug EVERYTHING in the house/garage so that ONLY the washer is connected and switched on (yes, i did mean unplug telly, radio, clocks,computer and anything in “standby” mode.
take a meter-reading on your electric/water meters.
Do a wash.
read the meters, calculate actual consumption and multiply by unit-cost.
Or, you could buy a check-meter ๐
Or, take the view that the capital cost of the machine , maintenance and replacement is likely to be well in excess of the cost of consumables.I’ll throw out a figure of ยฃ1.50 a wash, all in………anyone care to comment/contradict?
Re: Cost per wash for Hoover Performer Eco 1300
cockney steve wrote:You cannot accurately measure blindly, by the rating-plate,- incoming water-temperature, size of load and ambient temperature will all have a big effect, as the heater uses the most current, but only when it’s actually on!
Correct, but I will expand.
Each load in most modern machines can vary quite extensively as they will adjust the energy use, water consumption and program length dependent on the variables given. Factors mentioned such as load size and also the type of cloth being washed will affect the energy and water use.
Also, what program selected will vary both water and energy use massively.
The only thing that remains constant, although it shouldn’t, is the amount of detergent you choose to use. However, in studies, this proves to be the most expensive item, not the energy or water.
The old adage used to be that, a normal cotton 40รลกC wash in electricity terms, cost little (if any) more than boiling a kettle of water.
Most machines these days are incredibly efficient in terms of energy and water use. As they do not run all the time, like a fridge freezer, the real world difference between say and A and A+ rated machine is negligible in terms of pure cost. It’d be pennies on your electricity bill and I doubt most people would even notice any difference at all.
It is true though that people get sold it as being XX{e5d1b7155a01ef1f3b9c9968eaba33524ee81600d00d4be2b4d93ac2e58cec2d} better which, might be true (in some cases) but doesn’t actually tell you much really in reality. But people do get suckered into thinking that they’re saving a fortune on electricity, which generally is not true.
Then what you’re not told is that, as you reduce the water level you will generally have to increase the agitation time to compensate. So, you get a longer wash time.
Marketing guys, gotta love ’em, half baked truths wrapped in spin. :rolls:
HTH
K.
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