Travel Trailer question about KWH?
by admin on Tuesday, March 9th, 2010 | 2 Comments
How many Kilowatt hours does a travel trailer use in a month if you are running a tv, a/c, the lights, etc. I am just looking for what the average I could expect for normal usage, want to know what I am looking at paying when I go camping for a month in Texas. They charge .16 per KWH. thanks
You need to add up the various appliances you have, and how many hours you use them. Get me that info and I get give you a better estimate.
but face it, “tv, a/c, the lights, etc.” is pretty vague. it could be 100 watts average, it could be 5000 watts average.
But get that info and the calculation is as follows, as an example:
TV 200 watts, 4 hours per day, 200*4 =800 watt-hours per day
AC 1000 watts, 8 hours per day, 1000*8 = 8000 watt hours per day
refrig 400 watts 12 hours per day, 4800 watt hours per day
total 800+8000+4800 = 13600 watt-hours per day = 14 kW-hours per day
14 kW-hours per day x 30 days/month = 420 kW-hours per month
420 kW-hours per month x $0.16 per kW-hour = $67 per month
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TV 100 watts 12 hours per day…..1200w
A/C 1000 watts 24 hours per day….24000w
lights 500 watts 6 hours per day…..3000w
total per day….28200w
total per month……846000w = 846KW
total cost $135