How many Olympic Cyclists does it take to power your home?

You might be able to work out how much energy your home uses on an average day just by looking at your power bill, but if watts and kilowatts mean nothing to you then it's hard to really put your energy usage into perspective.

In an effort to show people which appliances use the most energy, Baxi Ecogen has teamed up with Olympic and World Champion Cyclist Nicole Cooke to show how much pedal power it takes to fire up a lightbulb, a kettle, a microwave and lots of other everyday household items.

Watch the video feature to see how much time on the bike it takes Olympic cycling gold medalist Nicole Cooke to make enough energy to fuel your home.

The energy consumption figures used in this Baxi Ecogen video use average values and may change according to the model and age of any appliance. They are only intended as a guide.

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Education

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• Baxi;
• Ecogen;
• efficiency;
• duel
• energy;
• environment;
• green;
• micro
• CHP;
• mchp;
• combined
• heat
• and
• power;
• low
• carbon;
• central
• heating;
• boiler;
• Nicole
• Cooke;
• cyclist;
• Olympic;
• champion

[8cspohn]

So, what you meant was that at this speed you create this much horse power which would take this much time to do this many watts. There are mathematics in electronics that tell you literally how many watts to how much horse power. You made is sound impossible to know. The answer is out there, maybe even on the internet. That aside, does the Baxi micro-CHP get to be privately owned by the average man? Also does it have to have a Hydrogen supply?