Reply #10: Another suggestion - dry clothes on a clothesline whenever possible

[Individualist]

instead of using the dryer.

"Appliances that create or remove heat use the most electricity."

Energy Hogs

5000 watts
Electric oven

5000 watts
Clothes dryer (electric)

3800 watts
Water heater (electric)

3500 watts
Central Air Conditioner (2.5 tons)

1500 watts
Microwave oven

1500 watts
Toaster (four-slot)

900 watts
Coffee maker

800 watts
Range burner

500-1440 watts
Window unit air conditioner

200-700 watts
Refrigerator

60-100 watts
Light bulb (energy hog because houses have lots of lights, and it's easy to leave them on when they're not being used)

Fans

100 watts
Floor fan or box fan (high speed)

15-95 watts
Ceiling fan (Bigger fans and faster speeds use more energy. My 2004 42" Hampton Bay uses 24/28/42 watts on low/med/high respectively, according to the manual. Progress Energy says on high speed fans use 55/75/95 watts for 36"/48"/52" models respectively.)

Computers (see more about electrical use of computers)

140-330 watts
Desktop Computer & 17" CRT monitor

1-20 watts
Desktop Computer & Monitor (in sleep mode)

120 watts
17" CRT monitor

40 watts
17" LCD monitor

45 watts
Laptop computer

Other

60-100 watts
Regular light bulb

4-165 watts
Video game (While playing game, 30W for PS2, 70W for XBox, and 165W for XBox 360. See full report at DX Gaming)

55-90 watts
19" television

18 watts
Compact fluorescent light bulb

4 watts
Clock radio

3 watt-hours
Total power stored by an alkaline AA battery. This is to put batteries into perspective. If you could power your clock radio with a AA battery, it wouldn't even last an hour. We have more on batteries on our Guide to Household Batteries.

http://michaelbluejay.com/electricity/howmuch.html