How Many Watts of Electricity does a Air Pump use?

Real power-use measurements from a air pump.

By Rob Cockerham |

How Much Power does a Air Pump use

Air Pump: 143 Watts

Description

  • This air pump doesn't seem like a compressor as much as it looks like an electric fan in a helix-shaped housing. We use it to inflate our plastic pool in the summertime.
  • single speed

Power Use

  • Watts: 143
  • Kilowatts: 0.143 Kw.

Operation Cost

  • cost per minute: 3 hundredths of one cent (0.03 ¢)
  • cost per hour: 1.7¢
  • cost per day: 14¢
  • cost per month: $2.61

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Power use of these items was actually tested. Individual items will vary, but these are the actual measurements.