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"A standard light bulb I would consider to be a 60 watt light bulb, and kilowatts are the amount of usage in a light bulb. From my research I have found that a standard 60 watt light bulb uses approximately 1.44 Kilowatts per hour."
A simple electrical device is a 60 watt light bulb. The bulb is consuming 60 watts of electricity from the moment you turn it on. If you keep that light bulb on for 10 hours the power used is 60 watts x 10 hours = 600 watts of power. Electricity is sold in Kilowatt Hours. A Kilowatt is 1000 watts of power. Depending on the state you live in, it sells for 7 to 18 cents per Kilowatt Hour. So if you leave that light bulb on 10 hours per day for 30 days you will have used up 600 watts x 30 days = 18,000 watts of electricity = 18 Kilowatt Hours. At an average cost of 10 cents per Kilowatt Hour that bulb costs you $1.80 per month to leave on. The formula is watts x time x cost per Kilowatt Hour = cost of use...Answer provided by Gene Evangelist
Convert the watts to kilowatts, multiply by the time to get the energy (in kWh), then multiply by the rate.
A normal light bulb can take up to 20-30 kilowatts so it all depends on what type of light bulb. My light bulb can take 15 kilowatts max and will blow out in an hour straight. So if your using some different type of light bulb like an Eco friendly one, look at the package to see for details or talk to your local electrician.
A kilowatt is 1,000 Watts. 30 Watts is equal to 0.03 kilowatts. A kWh or kilowatt-hour is the rate of electrical usage. It is a measure of kilowatts used per period of time (1 hour). 1 kWh is 1 kilowatt (1,000 watts) for 1 hour. So, multiply your 30 watts (0.03 kilowatts) by 1 hour to get kWh. =0.03 kWh In about 33 hours and 20 minutes, this lamp would use 1 kWh.
The actual cost will depend on the charge by your supplier. It can be calculated by finding the cost of 15% of one unit of electricity (kw hour)
You have to have three factors to calculate this cost. First what you are charged per Kw/hr from your power supplier, second the wattage size of the bulb that you want to do the calculation on and third the voltage of the bulb. Give me these and I can tell you how it costs to run the bulb per hour.
Typical home energy cost is 10 cents per kilowatt hour A 60 watt bulb running for one hour uses 60 watt hours .10 X (60/1000) = .006 cents per hour 16.66 60watt bulbs on for one hour would cost 10 cents.
"A standard light bulb I would consider to be a 60 watt light bulb, and kilowatts are the amount of usage in a light bulb. From my research I have found that a standard 60 watt light bulb uses approximately 1.44 Kilowatts per hour."
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That would depend on the how many watts the light bulb you are talking about. Also, it would depend on how much your power company charges for electricity.
Unfortunately this answer is dependant completely on the "kilowatt per hour" your company charges you. If I receive this information from you then i will be more than happy to answer your question. -Tychusfindlay919
You are charged by Kilowatt Hours. An average cost is about 12 cents. To make the math easy, assume a standard 100 watt incandescent bulb. If you had ten of them turned on for an hour it would cost 12 cents.
Light bulbs have various ratings. They are rated in Watts.
That bulb is 100 watts or 0.1 kilowatts so it uses 0.1 kilowatt-hour of energy each hour, which costs about £0.015
1 kilowatt-hour is 1000 watt-hours and 60 watt bulb consume during 1 hour 60 watt-hours of electricity, so then it costs 0.6 cent =>60/1000=0,06*price of 1 kilowatt-hour = 0.6 cent
At 10 cents per kWh (Kilowatt hour), one 100 watt incandescent light bulb ran for 24 hours straight will cost 24 cents a day. $7.30 a month, $87.60 a year. kWh = (Watts Used * Hours per Day * Days per Month) / 1000 Cost per Month = kWh * Cost per kWh