What is the electricity cost to put on the lights and have a cup of tea? The answer may surprise you!
It costs around 14 cents to boil water for your cup of tea.
Running a 60W lamp for 1 hour costs around 5 cents.
If you have an 18W CFL lamp it will cost less than 2 cents per hour to run
Your tea heating costs you nearly 4 times as much as an hour of 60W lighting and over 7 times as much as your CFL lighting!
Disclaimer: Based on 85c per kWh. Figures are illustrative only.
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