How much electricity does a washing machine use per cycle?
A standard washing machine uses between 0.3 and 2.0 kWh per cycle: a cold wash in a modern HE front-loader sits at the low end (~0.3 kWh, roughly 5 cents), while a hot sanitary cycle in an older top-loader reaches 2.0 kWh (~32 cents) — water heating alone accounts for 80–90% of total electricity consumption. … Read more