What does electricity cost?

In our workshops, we talk a little about discovering how much electricity your appliances and devices use, what that might be costing you and how to measure the electricity consumption in your house. Using devices like the Efergy E2, Powermate and a myriad of other devices it is relatively easy these days to ascertain which devices in your home are drawing the most electricity and when.

If you're not up for purchasing one or more of these devices or are just interested in investigating in a little more background information before you get started, there are a couple of resources I came across recently that may help...

• Michael Blue Jay has a very informative if slightly out of date website detailing all the science and technical details behind how electricity works, articles on how all of the commonly found appliances in your home consume power and much more.
• Origin Electricity has a simple survey that can be filled in to help you ascertain which rooms in your house may be consuming the most electricity and how to help reduce that consumption.