Power usage

[domination2580]

So guys, i have two setups, ones a 8 gallon cuve the other is a holding tank for curing rock. So all i have is two heaters. Ones a small walmart one and the other is a 800 watt titanium with controller. I have a mechanicL filter, a protein skimmer, and two walmart powerheads and just for topics sake a hp wireless printer. As far as a i believe i shouldnt be racking up an extra 150$ in electric. I do not beleive its from any of that. What do you guys think? Experience? Any notice in the electric bill difference?

 

[Diesel]

Nah, $150 is nothing.
My bill is $850 :mad:

 

[Kershaw]

I have a 125 gallon tank. 300 watt heater, two kessil a350w
4 powerheads, a return pump and a skimmer. My bill is only about 30 a month higher. When I had a 180 gallon tank with mh and a reeflo dart pump. It was 75 higher.

 

[domination2580]

I have a 125 gallon tank. 300 watt heater, two kessil a350w
4 powerheads, a return pump and a skimmer. My bill is only about 30 a month higher. When I had a 180 gallon tank with mh and a reeflo dart pump. It was 75 higher.

What I'm getting at is that i highly doubt that out of all those things, it's not the main cause or 150$ extra a month. Theres no way in my mind that can justify that all of my equipment is costing 150 a month

 

[domination2580]

Nah, $150 is nothing.
My bill is $850 :mad:

A month?! Dang that's expensive better be a cheap house if it was me. Round south dakota a house is normally 850$ a month including all utilities

 

[Diesel]

A month?! Dang that's expensive better be a cheap house if it was me. Round south dakota a house is normally 850$ a month including all utilities

That's not only for the tanks of course.
This is whole house a month and just electricity.

 

[domination2580]

That's not only for the tanks of course.
This is whole house a month and just electricity.

Yeah, see im just taking about the electricity suposidly going up 150 just because of the things i have plugged in mentioned in first post

 

[ngvu1]

How big is the "holding tank for curing rock"? 800W running 24/7 could really do some damage. I don't see how the heaters are connected at this time of the year. What is your temperature nowadays?....Anyway, I runs $35 for my 85 gallon tank and that is about 300KWatts a month for the tank alone.

 

[Modost]

did you plug in air conditioners the same time? if the room is cold the heaters will be working over time plus the cost of the ac's going

 

[KStatefan]

Here is a handy calculator for energy cost. Where I am located the 800 watt heater would cost $70 per month if it was on 24 hours per day. I do not know what your power cost but I thought SD was one of the less expensive states.

 

[morpheas]

I suspect someone is giving you hard time over this. Here is some math:

- Assuming 10c per kWH you are talking about 1,500 kWH extra per month.
- This equates to approximately to 2kW of electricity per hour.
- If this is from a single outlet this means that you are approximately using constantly 17 amps through that circuit.

Now, there is an easy way to put that baby to sleep. You can buy this https://www.amazon.com/P3-Internati...8&qid=1468845236&sr=8-2&keywords=killa+a+watt and check the consumption of your outlets and find out exactly how much you're spending, case closed

My personal opinion is that it's HIGHLY unlikely that you spend all this electricity on the things you mentioned... My tank, as a reference, a 30 gallon with a skimmer, DC return pump, dc power heads, LEDs and 150 watt heater is consuming 0.6 amps as a norm with a peak of 1.6 from time to time.

 

[Dom]

Nah, $150 is nothing.
My bill is $850 :mad:

My HERO! My bill comes close to $500 per month and I thought I had a big bill! LOL

 

[reeferfoxx]

I have three tanks. Two 20 gallons and one 30 gallon. My bill might have gone up $20-30 give or take. However, since it's summer, my air conditioner has increased my bill about $130 or so.

 

[Chris Adams]

my 39gl IM tank runs around 1 amp draw average
This includes my Apex, leds, ato, heater, return pump, skimmer, dosing pumps, fan and mp10

Check to make sure your neighbor is not stealing power for his glowing room ha ha ha

 

[zoomonster]

Get a Killawatt meter and plug your stuff into it and know exactly what its costing you. My heater only runs a couple months of year but I have a 800w, 5 kessils, 2 x MP40's, return pump, skimmer, CaRx, Kalc mixer, full apex, air pump, ozone, sump light, CO2 doser etc and my tank runs ~50 a month to run. Of course our power is pretty cheap at 12 cents a Kwh with all taxes and fees included. When I had 1100w of MH/T5 it was considerably higher not only from the fixture but it was actually impacting the AC in the heat of the summer. I use the electric budget plan and my bill is $320. Most of that is from AC running mostly 24x7 with me working at home, several high end computers and the pool pump.

 

[TheEngineer]

I suspect someone is giving you hard time over this. Here is some math:

- Assuming 10c per kWH you are talking about 1,500 kWH extra per month.
- This equates to approximately to 2kW of electricity per hour.
- If this is from a single outlet this means that you are approximately using constantly 17 amps through that circuit.

Now, there is an easy way to put that baby to sleep. You can buy this https://www.amazon.com/P3-Internati...8&qid=1468845236&sr=8-2&keywords=killa+a+watt and check the consumption of your outlets and find out exactly how much you're spending, case closed

My personal opinion is that it's HIGHLY unlikely that you spend all this electricity on the things you mentioned... My tank, as a reference, a 30 gallon with a skimmer, DC return pump, dc power heads, LEDs and 150 watt heater is consuming 0.6 amps as a norm with a peak of 1.6 from time to time.

All of this.

 

[pickupman66]

NO way does it impact that much. my current tank is a 66 gallon rimless with sump. 1 DC6000, 1 DC skimmer pump, 2 DC WP20s and one WP10. 240 watt LED light system and a 300 watt heater. $0.09/KwH. if my tnak runs me $15 per month id be surprised. yes though the heaters do run all year long. my house is set to 74 and I keep the tank at 77. so little heat added to the water from the pumps that it needs heat.

 

[Diesel]

Lol, it's just money put to good use.
The DT is running on almost at 9 amp. Frag and QT room is running around the same.
Got a big house to cool with 2 large AC units.

 

[TheEngineer]

Nah, $150 is nothing.
My bill is $850 :mad:

And I'm annoyed with my $175 bill each month. Albeit about a third of that is my dehumidifier in the basement. Thanks for the reminder it could be much worse

 

[Pruett-nc]

I work in the power line side . If you suspect something wrong with your bill . Call them and have them to test at the meter . They should have a device they plug your meter in at the meter base and can verify it .