Measuring Keurig Ultimate B66 Power Usage [Long Term]

This video reply was made to a question posted to another video I did on the Keurig power usage. On my previous video, "Measuring Keurig Ultimate B66 Power Usage" someone asked how much power it uses if left on all day, without making any coffee.

This morning, I attached the meter, and measured the power consumption for two hours, and seven minutes. During that time, we made 5 large (9.25oz) cups of coffee, and the coffee maker consumed 0.20 kWh, including the almost 2 hours of idle time. At 0.161 cents per kWh, it only amounted to 3 cents of power cost.

When the coffee maker is idle, and not heating the water inside, it is only using 10 watts of power. The coffee maker only has a P.F. of around .5 to .7 and sometimes as low as 0.3. Henceforth, the coffee maker doesn't actually use any real power, except when it is heating the water inside.

When heating water inside, the coffee maker uses about 1400 watts, with a P.F. of 0.99. That's the only time when the coffee maker uses real power, and it only takes about 2 minutes to heat the water inside to 192 degrees Fahrenheit. The heater sparingly comes on, to maintain temperature, so the coffee maker is very power efficient.

You could leave the coffee maker on all day, and only use a few cents of power. I'm not sure if leaving it on all day would cause more wear and tear on the parts inside, however.

If you wish, the coffee maker has an auto power off feature, which will turn it off after a user selectable amount of hours of idle time.

Thanks for watching.

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[pauli150]

Thanks for the info!

[Stuffyou100]

Thanks.