Steam washing machine and electric oven: which consumes the most nowadays? In such delicate times for Italian families, marked by energy price increases, the battle for savings is certainly a daily mission that collides with the most advanced technology.
Technology supports us, evolves our life path, it improves our daily life, both at work and in everyday family missions. Today we put ourselves in the shoes of a mother, a housewife, and try to understand how she can best manage two such important and useful tools. Let’s talk about steam washing machine and electric oven.
If you bought a washing machine, you may have noticed that some models offer a “steam wash” function as an option. Manufacturers claim that this feature can help your clothes become cleaner and more hygienic, while reducing creases and freeing clothes from allergens.
An appliance marketed as a “steam washer” it’s typically a high-end washer that offers a steam cleaning option, where you can choose to add steam to specific cycles on the machine. These cycles use a combination of steam and water to clean fabrics. Steam can help remove creases, make the detergent more efficient and sanitize the fabrics.
Different manufacturers have different methods of creating and delivering steam to the wash tub, but most work with a internal heater that heats water into steam which is then injected as a mist into the tank during the pre-wash, wash and post-wash cycles. In most cases, this steam option can be chosen when washing using the normal machine wash cycle, but some appliances use the steam function for other cycles, such as “sanitizing” or “tub cleaning”.
Steam washing machine and electric oven: where do you save money?
The consumption of a steam washing machine is not trivial stuff. The energy required to heat water into steam can be up to 600% higher than cleaning without the steam function.
We come to a latest generation electric oven. From baking bread to baking your favorite apple pie, there’s a lot your electric oven and stove can do. But what does it cost you? This is one of the more complicated questions to answer when it is about analyzing the domestic energy consumption.
We conclude “the suspense” with some basic cost estimates. Most electric ovens draw between 2,000 and 5,000 watts, with the average power coming in at around 3,000 watts. So how much energy does an electric oven consume per hour? Assuming an electricity rate of 12 cents per kilowatt-hour (kWh), a 3000-watt oven will cost you about 36 cents per hour on high heat.
There are some general guidelines for choosing an oven range that will use the least energy:
- Check the power of the oven and of each single burner. Lower wattages mean lower power consumption, but that’s a trade-off: it also means less heating power.
- Choose a convection oven . This feature may cost more upfront, but a convection oven can cook dishes faster and at lower temperatures.
We wanted to analyze them one by one, individually. And now it is evident that if you are not a professional cook and you don’t bake cakes, pizzas and roasts every day, certainly the consume of your electric oven will be much lower, compared to a steam washing machine, also considering that a family of 4 will require a housewife to use it almost every day.
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