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What's it actually costing you?

Free calculators that turn Australia's real prices, running costs and weekend projects alike, into a dollar figure in about 20 seconds. No sign-up, and your numbers stay on your phone.

12,270appliances in the government registry
Every statereal current electricity rates
$0no sign-up · runs on your phone
Where are you? Set your suburb once and every calculator uses your state's rates.

What's guzzling the power?

Pick an appliance. Your state's current rates are already loaded.

Everything

Electricity Cost Calculator

Any appliance's watts turned into dollars per day, bill and year.

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Cooling

Air Conditioner Running Cost Calculator

Your per-hour cost, and what a whole summer of cooling adds up to.

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Laundry

Dryer Cost Per Load Calculator

Cost per load, and what a heat pump would hand you back.

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Everything

Washing Machine Cost Per Load Calculator

Cost per load, and why a front loader beats a top loader.

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Pool & outdoors

Pool Pump Running Cost Calculator

The quiet $700-a-year machine. See what yours really costs.

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Electric cars

EV Home Charging Cost Calculator

Full charge, cost per 100 km, and your yearly win over petrol.

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Lounge room

TV Running Cost Calculator

Your screen's real watts from the registry, and the standby myth put to bed.

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Heating

Heater Running Cost Calculator

Fan, oil or panel, next to the reverse cycle price that beats them all.

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Hot water

Hot Water Running Cost Calculator

A quarter of your power bill, finally itemised by system and household.

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Kitchen

Fridge Running Cost Calculator

Look up your exact model, or cost the veteran in the garage.

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Kitchen

Freezer Running Cost Calculator

Chest or upright, find your exact model or pick the closest class.

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Kitchen

Dishwasher Cost Per Cycle Calculator

Cost per cycle, and the hand-washing argument settled.

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Heating

Electric Blanket Running Cost Calculator

What warming your side of the bed actually costs, by blanket size.

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Cooling

Ceiling Fan Running Cost Calculator

What a fan costs next to the aircon, by fan type and hours run.

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Home office

Computer Running Cost Calculator

Laptop or desktop, everyday use or gaming, turned into a daily and yearly cost.

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Home office

Router & Modem Running Cost Calculator

The one device that never really switches off. See what it costs, all year round.

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Transport

Fuel Cost Per Km Calculator

Your car's real cost per 100 km, per week and per year, against a home-charged EV.

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Tradie tools

Ute Cost Per Km Calculator

A work ute's real cost per 100 km once fuel, servicing and tyres are counted, checked against the ATO's cents-per-km rate.

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Home office

Work From Home Tax Deduction Calculator

Your hours worked from home turned into a tax deduction at the ATO's fixed rate, and what it's worth off your bill.

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Tradie tools

Job Quote Calculator

Materials with markup, plus labour, turned into a client-ready quote, before and after GST.

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Tradie tools

GST Calculator

Add 10% GST to a price, or pull it back out of a total that already includes it, with the full before/GST/after split.

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Building

Fencing Cost Calculator

Fully-installed cost by fence type, length and gates, Colorbond, timber, chain-link or pool fencing.

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Kitchen

Oven & Cooktop Running Cost Calculator

Cost per bake or stovetop session, and electric vs induction vs gas settled by state.

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Building

Ceiling Insulation Calculator

Packs, DIY cost and a professional install estimate by R-value.

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Everything

Standby Power Cost Calculator

Router, TVs, consoles and kitchen standby, priced 24/7 to find what's actually worth switching off.

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Solar & battery

Home Battery Payback Calculator

Federal rebate, real install cost and your own feed-in tariff, turned into a net cost and an honest payback in years.

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Planning a project?

Quantities and cost before you hit the hardware store.

Garden

Mulch Calculator

Cubic metres, bags and cost, sized so you only buy once.

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Building

Concrete Calculator

Slab volume, 20kg bags and cost, bagged versus ready-mix.

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Garden

Turf Calculator

Lawn area, supply and installed cost, and the best season to lay it.

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Building

Paint Calculator

Litres and cost for walls and ceiling, budget or premium.

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Building

Paver Calculator

Pavers, bedding sand and road base, budget concrete or natural stone.

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Building

Decking Calculator

Linear metres of board, joists and cost, by material and pattern.

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Building

Gravel Calculator

Cubic metres, tonnes and bags, bulk-delivered versus bagged cost.

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What can a dollar actually run?

Registry medians, priced at your rate. A dollar goes a lot further on the telly than it does in the dryer.

ecoguide.au · $1 of power
$1.00 buys about…
Telly time33.5 hours
Aircon2.3 hours
Dryer0.6 loads
Registry medians, 55-inch LED, 5 kW split system, vented dryer, on NSW's 32.4¢/kWh. Set your location above and these switch to your own state.
12,270

registered appliances from the government's energy rating database sit behind these calculators, on current reference rates for all eight states. No sign-ups, no pop-ups, nothing to unsubscribe from.

Look up your own appliance

Why EcoGuide?

Every figure on this site is built from your state's current regulated reference tariff, which means the answer you get is the one your bill will roughly agree with. Plenty of calculator sites quietly run on a national average from years ago, so their "45 cents an hour" might be your 60. Ours tells you the rate it used, where that rate came from, and refreshes all eight states every July when the new rates land.

The calculators lean on the registry data the whole way down, so you can look up your actual fridge rather than a guess. Your location and your My Home tally live in your browser and nowhere else, which means no account, no emails from us, and nothing to unsubscribe from later. Get the number, pocket the tricks that cut it, and get back to your day.