“My chest fridge consumes about 0.1 kWh a day.”

Re:“My chest fridge consumes about 0.1 kWh a day.” by falcor84 on Friday November 04, 2022 @07:00AM (#33464653)

Am I the only one who found the physical unit of kWh/day really confusing?

If there's anyone else like me who prefers Watts, this equates to an average power consumption of slightly over 4W (100watt*h over 24 hours).

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Re:“My chest fridge consumes about 0.1 kWh a day.” by HPsquared on Friday November 04, 2022 @07:35AM (#33464980)

Watts are handy if your electricity is priced around 11.4 cents per kWh. If that's the case, 1 Watt continuously = 1 USD per year. (scale up or down to suit your tariff)

(1 watt = 8.76 kWh/yr)

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Re:“My chest fridge consumes about 0.1 kWh a day.” by capekwasright on Friday November 04, 2022 @07:06AM (#33464710)

It's a little awkward, but it makes sense in the context of determining an energy budget or the daily operating cost on grid power.

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Re:“My chest fridge consumes about 0.1 kWh a day.” by tapland on Friday November 04, 2022 @07:03AM (#33464686)

With appliances kWh/day is useful since you count costs in kWh

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Re:“My chest fridge consumes about 0.1 kWh a day.” by tecleandor on Friday November 04, 2022 @07:03AM (#33464694)

Well, the thing is you can easily calculate your energy expense or your battery storage, given its calculated in watts/hour.

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