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Speaker 1: cost to run an electric blanket? The electric company builds

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Speaker 1: on something that consumes a hundred watts for ten hours,

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Speaker 1: it consumes one kilowatt hour of electricity. The rate you

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Speaker 1: pay for a kilowatt hour varies depending on where you live.

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Speaker 1: You might pay about ten cents per kilowatt hour. Are

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Speaker 1: An electric blanket might consume two watts depending on the setting,

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Speaker 1: So if you leave it on for ten hours, it

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Speaker 1: consumes two kilowatt hours. That would cost about twenty cents

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Speaker 1: to run it for a night at its highest setting.

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Speaker 1: Most electric blankets cycle on and off, so they're only

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Speaker 1: on about half the time or less, depending on the setting.

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