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title: Price an Appliance From Its Own Duty Cycle — Free, Before You Replace It
description: Watts, hours actually run and your kWh rate become a monthly and annual figure, with the replacement wattage priced against it and the payback worked out.
category: household
last_verified: pending
freshness: unverified
published: 2026-09-20
canonical_url: https://gratis-ai.pages.dev/articles/appliance-duty-cycle-cost-strip.html
companion_app_url: https://gratis-ai.pages.dev/apps/appliance-duty-cycle-cost-strip.html
reading_time_minutes: 5
tags: household, energy, appliance, running-cost, local-first, no-account
---

# Price an Appliance From Its Own Duty Cycle — Free, Before You Replace It

Watts, hours actually run and your kWh rate become a monthly and annual figure, with the replacement wattage priced against it and the payback worked out.

**Free and complete.** This guide is a standalone free tool — no account, no card, anywhere. The only paid option is one optional extra outcome: $4 one-time. Nothing in the free tier is gated.

## Who it's for

Anyone seeking practical 100% free AI workflows — no paid API keys, credit cards, or subscriptions

## What's free

- Unlimited running-cost strips with the replacement comparison and payback
- Copy the figures or the state link to compare an appliance with someone else's
- Freezer, tumble-dryer and dehumidifier records included

## Optional paid add-on

**$4 one-time.**

- Printable meter strip — one page per appliance with the figures, the tariff and the replacement comparison, for the household folder — estimate: ~10 minutes saved per replacement decision
- Saved appliance history — keep the strips in this browser so the same unit can be re-priced after a tariff change — estimate: ~10 minutes saved per bill review
- Tariff change log — the dated list of rate changes and what each one did to the annual figure — estimate: ~15 minutes saved per year

## Sources & verification

- Tool: GratisAI local-first energy strip (no key, no account)
- Primary source: the free tool itself (local-first, no external dependency)
- Last verification: pending (marked unverified, not assumed current)

## Use it

- Interactive guide: https://gratis-ai.pages.dev/articles/appliance-duty-cycle-cost-strip.html
- Companion app: https://gratis-ai.pages.dev/apps/appliance-duty-cycle-cost-strip.html
- This machine-readable mirror: /mirrors/appliance-duty-cycle-cost-strip.md

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