I have had several people ask me how much does a Bidet costs to operate, so let me share with you what I discovered. One thing I did know for sure… it wasn’t much, because my electrical bill didn’t change that much after I installed three Bidets.
So I searched the Internet and found a device that can monitor how much electricity you use. You plug it into the wall, then your appliance into it and it works great. If you’re interested in finding power hungry appliances in your home, here is a link to the Kill A Watt meter at Amazon
I tested the Clean Sense DIB-1500R, which has a tank-less water heater system, and also the COCO 6035R, which has a water tank, storing and keeping the water warm all the time. Each bidet was tested for one week using only that Bidet with three people. I used the same settings on each bidet, highest temperature for the water, the lowest temperature for the seat and without using the energy saver feature.
The Clean Sense used 3.68 KWH during the test and at 12 cents per KWH, this worked out to be a whopping $1.89 a month. Yes, you read that right, $1.89 a month, less than a cup of coffee at Starbucks. The COCO used 4.12 KWH and at 12 cents per KWH, this was 49 cents a week or $2.12 a month. Not really that big of a difference.
So why is there a difference? A tank-less system uses a lot of energy when in operation and no energy when not in use, whereas the water tank system uses less energy but keeps the water warm all the time therefore always pulling a small amount of power. All in all these two types systems are very close in energy cost.
Depending on where you live, prices for electricity can range from 6 cents to 18 cents per KWH with the average being 12 cents, which just so happens to be what I pay. If you pay 6 cents per KWH, that works out to about $1.00 a month to have a Bidet in your home.
Some of you may be asking: what is KWH? This is what your electrical company uses to measure your energy usage. KWH stands for “Kilowatt Hour”. To explain what that means, let me give you an example. If you turn on 10 light bulbs that are 100 watts each (a total of 1000 watts or 1 kilowatt) and leave them on for one hour, you will have used 1 KWH. So, 10 light bulbs will cost you about 12 cents for each hour that you have them on.
As you can see, it cost very little to have a Bidet Toilet Seat in your home and as a mater of fact, you will spend way more than that on Toilet Paper. Also as you have gathered by now, the benefits of using a bidet will keep you feeling fresh, healthy and keep your medical cost down.
If you have any questions, please feel free to use this link to Contact The Bidet Toilet Seat Store.
