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What is really meant when we say an appliance use up electricity?
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All appliances and devices are rated in wattage. The wattage is derived from multiplying the source voltage times the amount of amperage that the appliance draws. The amperage drawn is governed by the internal resistance or impedance that the appliance or device has.
Electricity is sold by the utility companies by the kW hour. In other words how many 1000 watts does the appliance use in an hour. For example if a clothes dryer is rated at 4000 watts (or 4 kW) and operates for one hour exactly, your use would be 4 kw hours. This amount of use is registered on the watt meter that is on the side of your home.
The utility company has a specific monetary value that it charges for each kW/hr that you use, or as you put it "electricity used". Where I live the charge is .09 cents a kW hour.
So to say that an appliance "uses up electricity" is really a misnomer as nothing is used up. The voltage potential remains the same along with the constant draw in amperage due to the resistance of the appliance. You are only charged for the use of the electrical service when the device or appliance is in operation.
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