Power Consumption of domestic items?

[paddyhasneeds]

Does anyone know which, if any, of the various lists to be found online could be considered the "best" to use when picking average power consumption figures for common appliances?

It seems there's various ways to get figures from picking a few specification sheets to inline meters to simply using a recognised average figure, but as with everything the links Google throws back vary wildly.

[spikeyhead]

Some televisions use 100W, some 600 and assorted others use power between the two.

Without knowing exactly the model, how far the volume is turned up, how far the brightness is turned up, then an exact figure is difficult to come by.

[paddyhasneeds]

spikeyhead said:

Some televisions use 100W, some 600 and assorted others use power between the two.

Without knowing exactly the model, how far the volume is turned up, how far the brightness is turned up, then an exact figure is difficult to come by.

I'm thinking more IT equipment, but a total and utter mix so some sort of average figure seems best, but there seems to be a huge fluctuation between the averages quoted by different sources - I'm not sure who would be considered authoritative on this sort of thing?

[spikeyhead]

paddyhasneeds said:

spikeyhead said:

Some televisions use 100W, some 600 and assorted others use power between the two.

Without knowing exactly the model, how far the volume is turned up, how far the brightness is turned up, then an exact figure is difficult to come by.

I'm thinking more IT equipment, but a total and utter mix so some sort of average figure seems best, but there seems to be a huge fluctuation between the averages quoted by different sources - I'm not sure who would be considered authoritative on this sort of thing?

It doesn't really matter. A TV varies, a monitor varies, a PC varies, a laptop varies. If you look at the spec of a specific model then it should give a reasonably accurate figure.