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What is a kilowatt hour? Understanding home energy use

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Enphase Energy

Enphase Energy

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Utilities bill for electricity in kilowatt hours (kWh), but what does that mean exactly? And what is the difference between a kilowatt and a kilowatt hour? Knowing the difference helps you understand the impact of your home energy use on your electric bill. You can also compare your use to the energy generated with your Enphase system to appreciate the energy savings on your utility bill.
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@garrettlees
@garrettlees 4 жыл бұрын
So, if you have a 1 watt bulb and you turn it off, do you kill a watt?
@TopTechSavvy
@TopTechSavvy Жыл бұрын
leave.
@chuckfarley567
@chuckfarley567 Жыл бұрын
Yes
@chrisc5991
@chrisc5991 Жыл бұрын
You can definitely weight a watt by kilo hahha
@The_Protagonist_
@The_Protagonist_ Жыл бұрын
Yeah thats a R.I.P.
@timtnr.6177
@timtnr.6177 7 ай бұрын
​@@The_Protagonist_ R.I.P. 1), Def. ( acronym), R.eal I.nductive P.ower ! 😂
@OliveMule
@OliveMule 3 жыл бұрын
Enphase explains all of these concepts better than the school I paid for. I believe the schooling is trying to be confusing on purpose because enphase makes it click real easily for me. Thanks enphase, we will continue to use your products. We love you're micro inverters
@vincentlee2460
@vincentlee2460 Жыл бұрын
Teachers will be out of job if they did not confuse you.
@andargachewdessie2793
@andargachewdessie2793 10 ай бұрын
Thank you for such a clear and easy to understand video. God bless!
@nonamebae
@nonamebae 10 ай бұрын
This was very helpful 🎉🎉
@DanArtD
@DanArtD 5 жыл бұрын
Incredibly helpful video, thank you.
@joeiken3357
@joeiken3357 4 жыл бұрын
Why would someone dislike a video like this?
@ilikelebronjames6426
@ilikelebronjames6426 4 жыл бұрын
Joe Iken for fun
@patrickliew2756
@patrickliew2756 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much
@honghaphanthi1080
@honghaphanthi1080 2 жыл бұрын
The video sound is pretty good, beyond my imagination
@Connor-kv5cm
@Connor-kv5cm 2 жыл бұрын
great explanation
@himaloyshadhin9958
@himaloyshadhin9958 2 жыл бұрын
After watching lots of video, i clearly understand from this one.
@munirahmed5454
@munirahmed5454 10 ай бұрын
exelant and useful
@MrBurkistan
@MrBurkistan 3 жыл бұрын
This was so concise and efficient!
@MrKurtn
@MrKurtn 5 жыл бұрын
Excellent! #thekwhour
@hlalelemahlaela77
@hlalelemahlaela77 3 жыл бұрын
Beautiful explanation. 😍
@Dani-it5sy
@Dani-it5sy 2 жыл бұрын
This is the longest explanation of what a KWh is.. But at least my 5 year old understands it now..
@868.explorer
@868.explorer 10 ай бұрын
What is the calculation you did to arrive at 260 kWh/year?
@NishilS
@NishilS 5 ай бұрын
260x0.25 =
@AfzaalWardag
@AfzaalWardag 3 жыл бұрын
Great video thank
@showmoon2789
@showmoon2789 3 жыл бұрын
made easy to understand ! good use of analogies
@clifftopdive
@clifftopdive Жыл бұрын
Loved the video. Thanks a lot
@mgabrielle2343
@mgabrielle2343 2 жыл бұрын
What many people don't realise, that if you fill an electric kettle with more water than you need, it can really add up to your bill, using an electric kettle rated at 2750watts of power consumed at a mains voltage of 230V AC, if the mains voltage goes up to 240V AC, the kettle becomes rated as 3000watts or at 220V AC it becomes rated lower to like 2500 watts approx. But higher wattage simply means it will take less time to boil a same amount of water than a kettle running at lower wattage, just as cars with bigger engine can go faster and reach quicker. But this is what is shocking is that I boiled exactly 2 cups of cold tap water (20 deg C) and brought it to boil in 1 Min and 25 seconds using 2750 watts of power, 2 cups of water is the minimum amount of water you need to fill otherwise you risk overheating the kettle and reduce its life, so the amount of actual energy can be worked out easily, you take 2750 watts and divide by number of seconds in 1 hour that is 3600, and then multiply the result by number of seconds it took to boil that water from 20C to 100C, which in my example was about 85 seconds, so this equates to roughly 65 watt hour of energy, what this means which is shocking is that this amount of energy used just in 1 Min and 25 seconds is same a s a 5 watt LED light bulb that can give decent amount of light in a small room running up for 13 Hours! So when energy bills have gone so high, cost of food has rocketed, then decide weather you really want to have a cup of tea. So from this example, making just 2 cups of tea costs as much as running a 5 watt LED bulb for 13 hours or a 10watt LED bulb for 6.5 hours, by switching off all my appliances from standby to completely off, most modern TVs and Laptops when on standby draws virtually no power, but older appliances may do so, Sky Q receiver box was the biggest culprit as it drew more than 15 watts (typically around 18watts ) when in standby, I had two Sky Receivers and so between them two they were consuming nearly 25watts 24hors a day and night, that is almost a kilo watt hour (840watt hour) add my laptop active speakers with base boost, it drew 10watts all the time even when it was not making any sound, my laser printer always plugged in and in standby draws another 10watts of energy 24hors a day and night, my gas hob and oven drew another 5 watts all the time which i have now switched off completely and use external igniter, replaced all light bulbs from energy saving ones to LED bulbs, got rid of 4 tube lights 56 watts each and replaced them with 28Watt LED Tube lights, and even then I only switch on which ones I need, I have slowly adjusted to live reasonably comfortably in dimmest lights, you get used to low lights if you have to, as no way I am paying huge amounts of my savings down a drain, so now I have brought my electric consumption from around 12 to 15 kilo watt hours right down to about 5 Kilo watt hour, I am so pleased and am actually enjoying bringing it even further down. As for drinking tea, I love tea so i cannot go without, but I now only boil 2 cups maximum whereas before being aware I used to boil a half to 3/4 full kettle. You can all do it if you really want, smart meters help as it makes you become aware, but better than those smart meters is the plug in energy meter sold on eBay fro under £15 which can check individual item how much energy is being drawn by a particular item, by energy bills shot from £126 per month to well over £362 per month, so this is why I took this drastic approach and cut out all crap, use my energy as though i am living black out and dim lights are my emergency back up lights. So now my average power consumption is around 200 to 250 watts each hour , I am planning to invest in a solar power that would further reduce my energy bills. I will not engage expensive solar power companies but hook up my own panels even if I have to hire a scaffolding, its cheaper to do it yourself, just hire an electrician competent in making your final connection and commission. Buy your own solar panels.
@gavinjayasmr
@gavinjayasmr Жыл бұрын
I Love Drinking Tea And I Cannot Live Without, It Got To Be Barry Tea Making The Moment Gold.🥰🫖☕ I To Got Rid Of All 77 watt and 60 watt Light bulbs, An Replaced Them With 10 watt and 6 watt LED Light bulbs. You Said, ( got rid of 4x tube lights 56 watts each and replaced them with 28Watt LED Tube lights ) We Had 1x 56 watt Tube Light And My Dad Replaced it 1x 36 watt Tube Light, Bcause The LED Tube Light Can Have Long-Term Side Effects On Your Eyes, ( Studies has revealed that prolonged exposure to flicker emitted by LED lights can lead to various health problems including eye strain, headaches, blurred vision, fatigue, apparent slowing or stopping of motion, reduced visual task performance and in some cases, neurological problems.1 Jul 2019. ) How To See For Yourself, Video A LED Light Bulbs and A LED Light Tube, Make Sare You Switch Them On First Before You Video, Lol. LED Light Bulbs Won't Flicker, But The LED Tube Light Will Flicker Like Mad. Thank You For Reading My Reply. 📌
@ytsux9259
@ytsux9259 3 ай бұрын
No one's gonna read all that, dude. 😂
@trackpackgt877
@trackpackgt877 2 жыл бұрын
Yeah I bet the power companies hate these new low watt LED bulbs LOL they're in every socket of my house
@positunestudio1249
@positunestudio1249 6 ай бұрын
In 2:50 you mentioned (ignoring the grammar) “kWh is a measure of energy which is power over time” or in other words “energy = power / time” which is a bit confusing. Energy is measured in Joules. Power (Watt) is energy (Joule) over time (second) or 1 Watt = 1 Joule per 1 second. Hence by definition, kWh is 1000 x (Joules / sec) x hour. If we convert and strike off the time units, then you are right, kWh is effectively just Joules (energy). But a better statement would be “kWh is a measure of total energy in a period of time”.
@funentertainment4730
@funentertainment4730 Жыл бұрын
Nice video I always turn off extra light and light up candle 🕯 😍😍
@lehuong5370
@lehuong5370 2 жыл бұрын
how did you do it can you share with me , thank you
@brandonbarrientos1935
@brandonbarrientos1935 4 жыл бұрын
Sorry for the dumb question but so if i have a 1000 watt light and i leave it on for10 hours how many kilo watt hours would ive wastes.. 10??
@mikami9921
@mikami9921 4 жыл бұрын
Energy=power×time=1000watt×10hrs=10000Wh=10Kwh. Because (10×10×10)W= 1Kw
@mikami9921
@mikami9921 4 жыл бұрын
So you would waste 10kwh of energy, a lot of people do this mistake: they think 10kwh is the amount of energy wasted per hour but its the total amount.
@ytsux9259
@ytsux9259 3 ай бұрын
​@@mikami9921 Then why not just say 10 kw or 10,000 watts used?
@mikami9921
@mikami9921 2 ай бұрын
@ytsux9259 yeah, you can say that if at the end he used 10kw after the 10hours, but you can also say that if he used 10kw for 1hour, 2 hour, 3 hour... That's why they say 10kwh, it means you have 10kw and if you used 5kw per hour, you will have 2hours. A battery with a capacity of 5000mAh is capable of delivering a continuous current of 1A for 5 hours, or 0.5A for 10 hours, or 5A for 1 hour, and so on (when you buy a phone it will give you its mah)
@yasin_uyghur
@yasin_uyghur Жыл бұрын
Thank you
@cthncthn7405
@cthncthn7405 2 жыл бұрын
so...'hours' in kWh/Wh doesn't really mean 'hours' per se? Does It just means the appliance Wattage multiplied/divided by any length of time? eg a 3kW appliance running for 30 minutes uses 1.5kWh hours...obviously it didn't run for an hour but it is still represented as the watts multiplied by hours. If this is true then I should never interpret an appliance using 10kWh to mean it used 10kW in one hour- it just means it used 10kW in some unknown amount of time unless some states the amount of time. Am I finally understanding?
@brandonjones852
@brandonjones852 Жыл бұрын
Not quite... "I should never interpret an appliance using 10kWh to mean it used 10kW in one hour- it just means it used 10kW in some unknown amount of time unless some states the amount of time"... 10kWh is the measure of energy used in "some unknown amount of time". 10kW is the amount of energy used per second (1W=1J/s).
@Rexjennings-dy4tx
@Rexjennings-dy4tx 8 ай бұрын
Yea understanding de regulation…. Ik its bs but the kw hours and kwh usage is different obvido because you wouldn’t use a blender as often as a light bulb or wouldnt use a blender as long as you use the lightbulb so its not the usage it’s the consumption rate we get taxed with
@Mindflayer86
@Mindflayer86 Жыл бұрын
1:11 I don't understand your analogy at all. Speed is ALSO measured in "per hour". Wether its mph or kmh. Its miles/kilometer PER ONE HOUR. So the Speed in your example is already the kwh, no?!
@Godisnotjesus1967
@Godisnotjesus1967 2 жыл бұрын
Nice video, thanks. Can you help me calculate how much electricity my water pump consumes per hour. I use a Wizz mini motor made in Italy. 220v.....60Hz....3450min'......0.37kW....0.5Hp
@kylewellsby2176
@kylewellsby2176 Жыл бұрын
You need to know how many amps it draws. The exact voltage coming out of the outlet and then multiplying voltage by amps will get watts them divided that by 1000 you get kWh
@kamilbenio4474
@kamilbenio4474 2 жыл бұрын
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@rickywhite4701
@rickywhite4701 Жыл бұрын
Our electric bill is over $500 a month for the last two months. That's a 200% mark up!!!!
@hatan9397
@hatan9397 2 жыл бұрын
Character In the video It's great, I like it a lot $$
@mageofgames5721
@mageofgames5721 3 жыл бұрын
Awesome
@roger7125
@roger7125 4 жыл бұрын
good explanation, helpful,thanks
@thomasjacques5286
@thomasjacques5286 Жыл бұрын
My AC system typically cycles between 6 and 7 minutes per hour even on the hottest day (we have a new high-efficiency home). How would I determine how many kWh my AC system uses overnight if operating on a battery backup? During an hour how much power would my house be consuming from my batteries given the light load the house uses at night.
@DarkForcesStudio
@DarkForcesStudio Жыл бұрын
At last! Thanks.
@ticktockbam
@ticktockbam 2 жыл бұрын
What about the amount of Watts that a specific electric line (your house, for example) can provide before making the safety switches go off? Do different houses/electric lines provide different amount of limits of electricity you can use before making the power go off with the safety switch for safety reasons? I'm asking because I would want more power limit in order to connect more appliances to be able to power them at the same time without the safety going off.
@PK-lz4ho
@PK-lz4ho Жыл бұрын
Just get an electrician to run more circuits into your breaker box. For eg, where I live my house has 2 circuits for lights and 2 for power, then seperate for hot water, stove/oven. If you are worried about running to much power through a single circuit get more installed. Another example is I had a/c installed and it broke. I removed it but when it was installed they added a dedicated circuit for it. So for my little hobby area in the garage I ran that dedicated circuit to a new 4way power point. Now I have a dedicated point in my garage that will trip with the breaker if I ever overload it. Safety first.
@PK-lz4ho
@PK-lz4ho Жыл бұрын
Simple answer 2400watts would normally be tripping point. Which is why most power boards have an overload switch at 2.4KW P=VI
@emiliomcintyre85
@emiliomcintyre85 5 жыл бұрын
Very informative
@Moccalocca100
@Moccalocca100 Жыл бұрын
So all the packaging of devices when it says for example 2200w. It means it uses 2200w an hour? Is it always measured by an hour? Why dont they write it as 2200w /h or 2.2kwh
@awaygood1
@awaygood1 3 жыл бұрын
You don't 'consume' power! You consume energy.
@Layarion
@Layarion Жыл бұрын
...you also don't consume energy...so wrong again. you convert it
@prosperityokechukwu1503
@prosperityokechukwu1503 7 ай бұрын
900 thousand what is simply 900kva. So after 900 thousand what should we say 1 megawatt or should we say 1000 kva
@aocleybr
@aocleybr 5 жыл бұрын
quando vai vir pro Brasil ?
@michaelgonzalez7240
@michaelgonzalez7240 Жыл бұрын
When you turn on a 100 watt bulb in your home it actually consumes 100 watts per seconds but your electric company charges by the hour so that would be 100 watts every hour. When you produce electricity from your PV system that 100 watts bulb would consume it every seconds, so a 100 watts bulb will drain a total of 100 X 3600 ( 3600 seconds in an hour) = 360kwatts in that hour from your batteries.
@euginesinkala1607
@euginesinkala1607 2 жыл бұрын
What if the appliance is used just some minutes,how can you find energy
@attilaabonyi8879
@attilaabonyi8879 3 жыл бұрын
Helpful,thank you❤
@hadiyarahmanm5521
@hadiyarahmanm5521 3 ай бұрын
260kwh/year? How?
@playtra
@playtra 3 жыл бұрын
Exelente vídeo. Podrias subirlo en ruso o italiano? Ya que los latinos no podemos verlo
@SanDiegoSolarInstall
@SanDiegoSolarInstall 5 жыл бұрын
Love and shared. Ty
@tarekdaoud50
@tarekdaoud50 Жыл бұрын
Am I the only one here to think that we have to multiply Watts by 3600 to convert it to KWh ? I found this "Common mistake" in several videos and I'm not getting the explanation for it ..
@HRabroad786
@HRabroad786 2 жыл бұрын
Your calculations are wrong... If you keep a 100w bulb on for a whole day it will consume 2.4kw...
@ErnestoGluecksmann
@ErnestoGluecksmann 2 жыл бұрын
Yeah how did they get 260?
@hectordeanda9133
@hectordeanda9133 Жыл бұрын
In her example she say 10 hours, not the whole day So that gets you 1 kWh x 5 day work/school week x 52 weeks in a year and you get 260 kWh
@T8shortss
@T8shortss 2 жыл бұрын
Its 4k per 1kwh in Estonia rn
@MoreProductive2023
@MoreProductive2023 Жыл бұрын
A kilowatt hour is the amount of energy you use and are charged for.
@vianney_fpv
@vianney_fpv Жыл бұрын
Contrôle d’anglais demain j’ai pas hâte 😂
@matthewdixon8897
@matthewdixon8897 3 жыл бұрын
So with he analogy they had d=rt or miles=mph(time). So if you go at 50mph down the road in 1 hour you are expected to have gone 50 miles. If that is the case energy=power(time) or e=pt that would make it that kWh=kilowatt(x hours). So if your home used say 1000kWh and you would want to find how many kilowatts were used in 1 hour it would be: 1hour (1000kWh)=x kilowatts. The hours then cancel leaving you with only kilowatts? This would make the usage of 1000 kilowatts in 1 hour?
@dknc7393
@dknc7393 4 жыл бұрын
Why would you exclude weekends for an easier example. Some people work on weekends, you know?
@innerpowercouple
@innerpowercouple 5 ай бұрын
It's not adding up. Speed is miles per hour. In other words, miles divided by hours. Power is a Watt of killowat. The rate of use should be kw divided by hours. It's power over time. I'm trying to figure out why we use kilowatt-hours which is kilowatts multiplied by time.
@HappyBabyOctopus-qu6mf
@HappyBabyOctopus-qu6mf 5 ай бұрын
Think of it this way. Power is the amount of energy an appliance consumes in an hour, given in watts. Multiply it by 't' time, you get the total energy consumed by your appliance i.e. for the time 't'
@ytsux9259
@ytsux9259 3 ай бұрын
​@@HappyBabyOctopus-qu6mf Actually no. Power is the amount of watts used instantaneously, not in 1 hour.
@cillian1310
@cillian1310 4 жыл бұрын
Ms.boltons class??? Anyone??
@glizzystuffer2439
@glizzystuffer2439 3 жыл бұрын
Who
@ravigujju1780
@ravigujju1780 Жыл бұрын
If humans not use unnecessary things gs at home,humans can save more earth's energy,A HOME NEED ONLY USEFUL THINGS NOT MORE THAN THAT HUAMNS CAN SAVE EARTH
@AndrewThompson-l7z
@AndrewThompson-l7z 3 күн бұрын
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@samkratos1
@samkratos1 2 жыл бұрын
If you left that 100w bulb on for 1 year it will cost you 2.4 kwh a day, 72 kwh a month 864 kwh a year that will cost you: 216$ a year. Not 65$
@ErnestoGluecksmann
@ErnestoGluecksmann 2 жыл бұрын
I got $219. Where did they come up with 260 kWh??
@hectordeanda9133
@hectordeanda9133 Жыл бұрын
You’re assuming leaving the light on for 24 hours… Using her example, she said 10 hours (1 kWh) per day. Multiply that by a 5 day work/school week x 52 weeks in a year and you get 260 kWh
@everyday_hacksbycb7674
@everyday_hacksbycb7674 Жыл бұрын
A year has 365 days not 265...
@Agawin007
@Agawin007 Жыл бұрын
So 1 kwh = 3600 KJ
@hi-techredneck8076
@hi-techredneck8076 Жыл бұрын
If I could only get my solar installer to watch some of these videos ADT Ohio you need to watch the videos have some understanding of what's going on
@jose15238
@jose15238 4 жыл бұрын
power= energy/time
@IrisFields-e7o
@IrisFields-e7o 6 күн бұрын
Lewis Daniel Brown Anna Perez Shirley
@laurenf11x
@laurenf11x 3 жыл бұрын
Is it just me or the bill is $47 IMAOOOOO😭✋
@BlowingDummy-w6t
@BlowingDummy-w6t 6 күн бұрын
Harris Margaret Clark Karen Allen Kenneth
@terenceiutzi4003
@terenceiutzi4003 2 жыл бұрын
Let's face it 1KWH is 1.2 horsepower for one hour! So if you pay the going price for your electricity how far can you Axford to drive an EV per month?
@AliciaNeal-r3b
@AliciaNeal-r3b 6 сағат бұрын
Moore David Brown Mary Moore Richard
@DeloresCastillo-k1d
@DeloresCastillo-k1d 9 күн бұрын
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@epicdude999
@epicdude999 Жыл бұрын
1.21 gigawatts(
@Steve211Ucdhihifvshi
@Steve211Ucdhihifvshi 2 жыл бұрын
Now explain amps, vs Watts vs KW ;) that 1 lightbulb could be 5 amps
@laurenzthenu2894
@laurenzthenu2894 2 жыл бұрын
It says on the energy bill invoice 47.01USD. Either that is the power consumption for a 1 person hamster family or it's sci fi. Welcome 2022 prices. Because government cares xDXDXD
@Rexjennings-dy4tx
@Rexjennings-dy4tx 8 ай бұрын
What?? Ok one 100 watt bulb is 1kwh at 10 hours…so ok let’s say your day is 10 hrs that’s still over 260kwh it’s like 325 a lil closer to 365 cmon. $162.50 for the year 13$ a month for one light bulb
@ytsux9259
@ytsux9259 3 ай бұрын
260 kwh in 1 year for 100w bulb is about 7 hours per day.
@user-wn4tg5go2r
@user-wn4tg5go2r 2 жыл бұрын
「画像が不快すぎる」、
@franklinholbrook924
@franklinholbrook924 Жыл бұрын
Idiot Proof.....thank you -lol
@aleksitjvladica.
@aleksitjvladica. 2 жыл бұрын
Фала!
@ekdujhekeliyeentertainment497
@ekdujhekeliyeentertainment497 3 жыл бұрын
Bijlee⚡ ka bill 🧾tera baap barega?
@bichhauhuynh6451
@bichhauhuynh6451 2 жыл бұрын
CovidImages need to be invested more than half19
@davoc5140
@davoc5140 Жыл бұрын
Hi there, are you sure this is correct? You are saying to leave a 100 W bulb on for 1 year right? 1 year has 8760 hours. 100 W is the same as 0.1 KW ... so .25c X 0.1 X 8760 = $219. How did you get $65 ???
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