~misfit~

I saw some discussion here recently (LOL, the posts could have been months
old) speculating about how much it costs to run an ABM.

Well, I have a meter that measures power used and I just baked a 2lb loaf on
the wholewheat setting (which uses the most power as it pre-heats) and the
meter says it used 0.2 of a KW/hour or unit. (The meter is only accurate to
0.1 of a unit but I was watching it and it only just ticked over to 0.2 in
the last 10 minutes of baking.)

My electricity costs me NZ$0.25 per KW/hr so that's about 5 cents for me to
cook make a loaf of bread in my ABM. I would think that they would all use a
similar amount. In fact most probably use less than mine as mine has a large
viewing window and a LOT of hot air comes out of the top vent when it's
baking so I don't think it's the most efficient design on the market.
--
Shaun.

"Give a man a fire and he's warm for the day. But set fire to him and he's
warm for the rest of his life." Terry Pratchet, 'Jingo'.

dee dovey

Here in the U.S., here are states' rates.
http://www.neo.ne.gov/statshtml/115.htm

Here in Virginia, where I live, it is US 9.05 Cents per Kilowatthour)

My whole wheat bread in a new Cusinart bread machine takes 3hr. 53 minutes.

The last loaf I made using this setting, I used