Watts are units for measuring the rate of energy consumption. So it is meaningless to speak of how many watts something consumes in a length of time. (It would be like asking how many miles per hour a car drives in an hour.)
Energy consumption may be measured in kilowatt-hours. A typical microwave consumes 1500 watts, which would be 1.5 kilowatt-hours in one hour.
5.5 watts is 0.0055 kilowatts. in one hour the equipment uses 0.0055 kilowatt-hours.
1500 watts
it normally says on the box and it depends on the effieciency of your microwaveAnswerThere is no such thing as a 'watt per hour'. So, are you asking "How many watts..." or are you asking "How many watt hours...."? The watt is an unit for power, whereas a watt hour is a unit for energy.
Depends on how many watts the microwave is.
Your question is rather like asking "How many miles per hour do you do in a week?" You don't consume watts over time, it's a measure of how many joules of energy you consume over time.
A typical iron uses 1000 watts all the time the heating element is working. It is controlled by a thermostat so the element might be on for a quarter of the time. In an hour the iron might consume 250 watt-hours or 0.25 of a unit.
The microwave oven uses 1350 watts at 12 amps input and the microwave output is 800 watts.
The Emerson microwave model MT3070A typically has a power output of 700 watts.
The Sharp Carousel microwave model R-310DW has a power output of 1100 watts.
The Whirlpool MT4155SPQ 1.5 CuFt Countertop Microwave Oven supplies 1200 watts of power.
It has 1000 watts
A typical microwave is 750-800 watts. There are lower (and higher) power machines, but the 'normal' for general use is 750-800 watts.