Definition: one kilowatt-hour
One kil·o·watt-hour
[kil-uh-wot-ouuhr, -ou-er]
–noun
a unit of energy, equivalent to the energy transferred or expended in one hour by one kilowatt of power; approximately 1.34horsepower-hours. Abbreviation: kWh, kwhr
-energy density
coal power plants obtain approximately 1 kW·h per half kilogram of burned coal
-human activities
equivalent to 1200 electric shaves, slice 100 loafs of bread, dry your hair 15 times, 4 nights watching telly, listen to same CD 15 times, use a small refrigerator for 24 hours, 20 microwave meals, drill 250 holes, 4 evenings of light with 60 W incandescent lamps or 20 evening of light with 11 W compact fluorescent light, 15 family meals for four, 36 cups of tea, a roundtrip of 3 miles or less in your car with your lights, heater, and wipers running, roughly the power you could get from one human servant per day