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technically, a kilowatt - hour is the amount of electrical power dissipated by an circuit or appliance over the period of one hour, and it is the number that shows up on my electric meter that the power company reads to figure out my bill. More practically, if I am looking at a light bulb (or any other appliance) that is stamped 100W, that bulb will use 100 watts (or 0.1 kW) of power for each hour it is on. The calculation looks like: .1kW x 1hr = .1kWh Of course if I only turn it on for six minutes, I use the power for only one tenth that hour, so .1kW x .1hr = .01kWh or 10 Watt-hours. Things like dishwashers and refrigerators turn on and off, and are rated for an average hour of use under average conditions.

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