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Boil Less Water

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We are often told to only use as much water as we need in a kettle and not to fill it to the top, but what are the potential annual saving in doing this. Well it takes roughly 4.5 minutes to boil a full (2 litre) kettle with a power rating of 3KW (kilowatts).  The table shows how this converts to cost for a full and for a half kettle operated twice a day for a full year.

Kettle Annual Energy Use Annual Cost
Full 164 KWh £ 23
Half Full 82 KWh £ 11

Well There it is, a full year of operating a kettle in this way should save you about £ 7.75.   Less than you might image but if you are a real tea fiend and boil it 4 times a day you would double the saving!    Every little counts.



 

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