The amount of electricity used by ten 100-watt light bulbs left on for one hour. It is the measurement unit of consumption on your business electricity bill and charged on a pence per unit basis.

A kilowatt is 1000 watts. The kilowatt hour capacity is the amount of power (volts x amps x hours divided by 1000) that can be drawn from a battery. It is the watt of kilowatt which does the work – not amps alone.

It is a unit of work or energy equal to that done by one kilowatt of power acting for one hour. A kilowatt is 1,000 watts or 1.34 horsepower.

A kilowatt-hour is the unit by which residential and most business customers are billed for their monthly electric use. It represents the use of one kilowatt of electricity — or 1,000 watts — for one hour. For example, a 1,000-watt appliance, used for one hour, would use one kilowatt-hour of electricity. Similarly, a 100-watt light bulb, burning for 10 hours, also would use one kilowatt-hour of electricity.

Unless there is something special about the area you are living in, I would suggest relocating to a new area. The Watt-Minder cannot help you.

kWh" or kilowatt-hour, is 1,000 watt-hours, the standard measurement for electricity consumption. For example, a single 100-watt bulb will use up 1 kWh after 10 hours. At a kWh rate of $0.10, the cost to light that 100-watt bulb for 10 hours would be $0.10. To better understand your electricity usage, check out Energy Tips.

A Kilowatt is a measure of power equaling 1,000 watts, describing the rate of energy use. For example, ten 100-watt light bulbs use one kilowatt of electricity.