What uses the most/least energy?
What uses the most/least energy?
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MitchT

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17,114 posts

238 months

Saturday 7th February 2009
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Electric fan oven on 175 deg C for 50 minutes or 900W microwave on full power for 5 minutes?

catso

16,373 posts

296 months

Saturday 7th February 2009
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MitchT said:
Electric fan oven on 175 deg C for 50 minutes or 900W microwave on full power for 5 minutes?
Fan oven uses more.

Edited by catso on Saturday 7th February 17:34

robinhood21

31,108 posts

261 months

Saturday 7th February 2009
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The fan-oven would use more energy just to get to the set temperature I'd say.

JimNoble

410 posts

311 months

Saturday 7th February 2009
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A 900W microwave will use more than 900W though! Wikipedia says average 64% efficient, so actual power usage would be ~1.4kW...

Jim