Where do you use most power in your home?
Danish electricity consumption is 8.8 TWh/year excluding electric heating.
Electricity consumption in Danish households by end-use
Source: ELMODEL-bolig
Worst power guzzlers in the home
The chart below shows how it can all go wrong. In these examples we have calculated how much appliances can cost if you don’t give some thought to the way you use them.
| Appliance | Use | KWh | EUR |
| Underfloor heating | Faulty thermostat or elements too deep | 4,672 | 1,250 |
| Dehumidifier | Running continually | 2,628 | 705 |
See more appliances below.
Examples showing energy consumption per year
Kitchen
Baking machine 8 kWh
Blender >1 kWh
Toaster 14 kWh
Coffee maker, espresso machine 43 kWh
Electric kettle 44 kWh
Cooker hood 8 kWh
Food processor 1 kWh
Deep fat fryer 8 kWh
Hand mixer >1 kWh
Ice maker 5 kWh
Coffee grinder >1 kWh
Juicer 1 kWh
Waffle iron, table top grill 5 kWh
Egg cooker 2 kWh
Lounge and office
20″ CRT TV 80–240 kWh
26″ CRT TV 100–260 kWh
32″ CRT TV 100–350 kWh
20″ LCD TV 50–180 kWh
32″ LCD TV 160–400 kWh
42″ Plasma TV 400–680 kWh
Advanced set-top box 60–230 kWh
Portable DVD player 2 kWh
Digital camera charger 2 kWh
Discman 2 kWh
DVD player or recorder 10–110 kWh
DVD and hard disk recorder 30–190 kWh
Mobile phone charger 10 kWh
MP3 player 2 kWh
Audio system 40–70 kWh
Radio 10–50 kWh
Basic set-top box 40–120 kWh
Games console 50–100 kWh
Telephone answer machine 26 kWh
Video camera 2 kWh
VCR 30–110 kWh
Bathroom
Electric shaver 2 kWh
Electric toothbrush 10 kWh
Foot spa 1 kWh
Hair styler/curling tongs/hair dryer 20 kWh
Lady shaver and epilator 2 kWh
Workshop
Power tool charger 20 kWh
Other rooms
Aquarium 394 kWh
Baby alarm 3 kWh
Clock radio 27 kWh
Electric bed 44 kWh
Hand vacuum cleaner 18 kWh
Iron 30 kWh
Vacuum cleaner 25 kWh
Burglar alarm 44 kWh
Page last updated 25.02.2012