Hair dryers, irons, vacuum cleaners, rice cookers… more than two thirds of the typical appliances found in French homes monitored by Ademe consume less than 100 kWh/year. But, at the other end of the spectrum, some rare objects are very large consumers of energy.
The average electricity consumption of a swimming pool is thus enormous: 1,690 kWh/year for an in-ground swimming pool (i.e. 294 euros) and 1,038 kWh/year for an above-ground pool (181 euros), according to the example of the panel ElecDom, which confirms the 2006 surveys carried out on twenty swimming pools. A wine cellar will, for its part, consume as much on average as a simple refrigerator (and increase the electricity bill by around thirty euros per year).
Less well known, security-related objects such as an automatic door are also large consumers of electricity, because they are constantly on standby.
As for air conditioning, relatively uncommon in French homes, it consumes a lot of electricity. A portable air conditioner with an exhaust duct consumes 88% more than a ceiling fan, according to Topten calculations.
Few households finally have an electric car. The ElecDom panel was able to monitor the consumption of one of them: it amounts to 2,782 kWh per year, “i.e. 32% of the electricity consumption of the accommodation concerned” or 484 euros. A weight out of all proportion to other mobility devices: the average annual consumption of electric bikes, scooters or overboards is 10 kWh per year, or three times less than a filter coffee maker.