How much Electric Does a Crockpot use?


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How much Electric Does a Crockpot use?

Trying to determine if crockpots are economical given their long cooktimes

Our el rates keep escalating, like everything else <g>

I contacted Rival customer service and did NOT receive a reply

I can only presume that the larger crocks use more than the smaller ones???
 
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Old 10-16-05, 01:51 PM
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I believe by law, all items must list the power requirements on the appliance.
Did you look at the bottom of the unit ?
 
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I haven't bought one yet...........guess it will be on the box in the store, OR will open box as you suggest.....

thanx,,,,

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I've got 160-250 watts on mine
Depends on if it's high or low
 
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There are 2 ways you can accomplish this. The first one is to purchase an amp meter and see how much current is drawn when the crockpot is on.

The second (and easier) method is to buy a Kill a Watt meter and it will tell you how much current/power is being used.

On our crockpot, the low setting consumes about 0.9A, or around 108 watts.
 
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so.. over an 8 hour cook period, you can figure in the neigborhood of 1kw to 2kw total usage..?
 
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how much Electric does a crock pot use

I read the manuf. statistics online for several brands, 300+ watts is what was stated. To me that is not economy.
 
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Originally Posted by bhk
I read the manuf. statistics online for several brands, 300+ watts is what was stated. To me that is not economy.

You have to understand that manufacturer's specs will generally indicate what the maximum power usage will be during all aspects of testing. Generally any electric appliance draws more power on initial start-up than it does running steady.

As I mentioned, our crockpot draws about 108 watts on the low setting. Leaving that run for around 8-9 hours will generally use up around 1.5 kilowatt-hours.
 
 

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