Kilowatt-Hours (kWh) — The Billing Unit
Part of Electrical Power & Energy · GCSE GCSE Physics revision
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Section 3 of 15
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⚡ Kilowatt-Hours (kWh) — The Billing Unit
What it is: The energy used by a 1 kW appliance running for 1 hour.
Why we use it: Joules are too small for household bills. 1 kWh = 3,600,000 J!
Example calculation:
- 3 kW kettle used for 5 minutes = 3 × (5/60) = 3 × 0.083 = 0.25 kWh
- At 30p per kWh: Cost = 0.25 × 30 = 7.5p
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