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
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.
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.
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 Sharp Carousel microwave model R-310DW has a power output of 1100 watts.
The Emerson microwave model MT3070A typically has a power output of 700 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.