How much electricity does your inflatable take?

Create a festive welcoming look in your home with beautiful Christmas inflatables is very common during holiday season. You may want to know how much electricity does your inflatable consume, and how much is the cost of placing Christmas inflatables in your garden.

Here are some facts you need to know how to calculate the cost of inflatables in your garden.

1. Inflatable size

Larger inflatables will use less power to keep them upright than smaller ones. Therefore, a 4-foot inflatable will consume less energy than a 12-foot inflatable.

2. Animated vs Fixed

If you have an inflatable yard, it will draw more electricity to make the action happen.

3. Electricity bill

This is what you need to check your electricity bill to find your current rate, and it should be listed as xx cents per kilowatt-hour (kWh). The national average in the US is for example12 cents, so you may use that for our calculations.

4. Usage time

How often you keep your inflatable running throughout the day will obviously be the biggest factor in how much energy it uses.

We’ll assume your inflatable runs 12 hours a day for our estimates, so be sure to modify it accordingly to fit how you plan to use your inflatable.

You may want to keep your best Christmas inflatable running 24 hours a day, so in that case, just double the calculation.

4ft Inflatable – 52 watts per hour x 12 hours = 0.624 kWh per day. This inflatable will add $2.32 to your electricity bill if used 12 hours a day for all 31 days in December.

6ft Inflatable – 60 watts per hour x 12 hours = 0.72 kWh per day. Inflating will cost an additional $2.68 in electricity if used 12 hours a day for all 31 days in December.

8ft Inflatable – 76 watts per hour x 12 hours = 0.91 kWh per day. Inflatables will add $3.39 to your electricity bill if used 12 hours a day for all 31 days in December.

12′ Inflatable – 85 watts per hour x 12 hours = 1.02 kWh per day. This inflatable will add $3.80 to your electricity bill if used 12 hours a day for all 31 days in December.

Till now you may have an idea on how much does your inflatable cost per month., it’s not that much. VIDAMORE established in 2007, is a professional seasonal decoration manufacturer that providing upscale seasonal products including Christmas inflatables, Halloween Inflatables, Christmas Nutcrackers, Halloween Nutcrackers, Christmas Trees, etc.