Comparative testing of electric cookers Orest ПЭ 4 Ш (0,36) and ПЭ 4 Ш (0,36) 700 Eco. 35% energy savings.

We made one easy but at the same time useful experiment. We tested the electric cookers Orest ПЭ 4 Ш  (0,36) and ПЭ 4 Ш (0,36) 700 Eco. The experiment lasted 2 hours, water was boiled in similar saucepans, in one place at the temperature 19° С. Initially the burners were cold.

During the experiment the water was boiled on 3 out of 4 burners and the 4^th burner ran idle. So, the first electric cooker (cast iron burners) used 23kW, and the second electric cooker used less-only 15kW. As a result the difference is 8kW which equals to 35% of general energy consumption of the first electric cooker.

We’d like to consider if it is reasonable to buy cookers of “Eco” type from economic point of view. We took as an example the mentioned above electric cooker ПЭ 4 Ш (0,36) 700 Eco which took part in the experiment.

The cost of the electric cookers on the day of the test was the following:

1. - 6442 UAH.

2. - 12897 UAH.

As you may see, the difference was 6455 UAH.

There is a question: “Is it worth to overpay such an impressive amount of money for “almost analogous” electric cooker?”.

We can define if it is worth or not, making some simple calculations:

First of all, we calculated the average cost of electric energy for Kiev catering establishment - 1,23 UAH for 1 kW/ hour. The average working schedule of the establishment- from 10 a.m. till 10 p.m. daily  (12 hour working day).

So, the difference more than 20 000 UAH is in favour of the electric cooker of Eco type, with it  you’ll cover the difference in the cost of the equipment in 4 months.