Power consumption of a washer-dryer Samsung WD70M4443JS
Ever since I made a video on washer-dryers, I've received quite a bit of interest on it. It makes me happy to know that I'm not the only one who was extremely unhappy with air drying my clothes. That said, I'm extremely happy with my washer-dryer experience, although the electricity does go up.
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MY ELECTRICITY INCREASE WITH WASHER DRYER?
Now, talking about the electricity increase, I can tell you that my bill went up by 500 or 600 rupees, but that may not be relevant for you, primarily because the way you use your washing machine might be very different from the way I use it; the unit electricity cost might be different.
So, let's take a look at how you can calculate what the increase will be for you.
HOW TO CALCULATE ELECTRICITY INCREASE?
Now, the amount of electricity consumed will depend on a few things:
which washer-dryer are you using, or what is the capacity of the washer-dryer;
what type of clothes you are running in your washer-dryer — so, cottons-only will be very different from synthetics-only, will be very different from delicates-only —;
what is the unit electricity cost in your area; and
fourth, how often you run your washer-dryer.
So, all of these parameters will actually determine how much your electricity bill will increase.
To try to make it simple and explain, let me make a few assumptions based on my usage. You can replace this with your parameters, and I will tell you subsequently how you can do that, to calculate what the electricity increase will be for you.
So, the first thing is I'm going to use the Samsung washer-dryer 7-5kg as a reference.
Now that we are predominantly working at home, I primarily use the daily wash cycle itself and not the cottons-only, or synthetics-only, or delicates-only.
Where I stay the maximum unit electricity cost is ₹7.55, so I'm going to use that.
I run the washing machine only 2-3 times a week, and you can run your washing machine with or without heating, so I'm going to give you the reference for both with or without heating.
So, with this in mind, let's jump right in.
HOW MUCH DOES POWER CONSUMPTION INCREASE?
If you're running your washer-dryer in the daily wash cycle without heating, then you will require about 7 kWh of electricity, and that comes to about ₹53 per wash. If you're using your washer-dryer with heating, then the consumption of electricity will be 10 kWh, and that comes to about ₹75 per wash.
So, how much is the monthly increase in electricity? If you're running your washer-dryer two times a week without heating, the electricity bill will go up by about ₹425; and with heating, it will go up by about ₹600. If you're running it three times a week, four times a week, shown on the screen how much it's going to go up with or without heating, and so on. You get the idea.
This is similar to the electricity increase that I have seen in my bill. So, I used to get a bill of about ₹2,000 earlier, and now it's gone up to about ₹2,500-₹2,600. So, this calculation actually works.
HOW TO CALCULATE YOUR INCREASE IN POWER CONSUMPTION?
So, to calculate for yourself, assuming that you're using the Samsung washer-dryer, just replace this unit electricity cost that you see on the screen with the unit electricity cost of your area, and also replace the number of times of wash to get an approximate amount of how much your bill is going to go up as well.
Now, if you already have a washing machine and you have decided to take a separate dryer, remember that the dryer cost is the maximum cost in this, and a separate dryer actually takes about half the time an integrated washer-dryer would take. So, your electricity bill will be approximately half of what you're seeing over here.
I hope this was helpful in helping you determine how much your electricity bill is going to go up.
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