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03-03-2004, 07:38 PM
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| | Fire Shrimp
Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: ,
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 |  Electric bill costs
i only run a simple set up, but was wondering how much your electric bill went up when you all add the sumps and sump pump. MH lighting extra Power heads and ETC..
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50 Gal With Curshed coal substrate and live rock. 2 65W PC lights, Skimmer, waterfall filter
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03-03-2004, 09:51 PM
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| | Aiptasia Anemone
Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: MORENO VALLEY, CA,California
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| Re: Electric bill costs
Mine has gone up from $100 a month at the start *of summer(no tank then) to $130 in Oct that was w/no MH March will be the first full month w/ halides. Waiting for the bomb to drop when my wife gets the first bill [smiley=bomb.gif] _________ 135g 3" SB 3- 400w MH, 2 65w PC actinic, 2 10K PC, 40g refugium, EV-180 PS ,Mag 18 ret,1700 PH,2 maxi 1200's air water and ice 5 stage RO/DI  | |
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03-04-2004, 06:33 AM
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| | Fire Shrimp
Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: ,
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| Re: Electric bill costs
keep me posted. | |
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03-04-2004, 06:35 AM
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| | Feather Duster
Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Woodridge, IL,Illinois
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| Re: Electric bill costs
mine went up around $30 too I have 1 400W MH
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10 months old 75Gal 20Gal sump/refu 425W MH and 40W actinic, 3 power-heads and one return pump total of 1600Gph Venturi style skimmer rated for 150gal, 100Lb of LR 100lb of LS 1 Yellow tang,1Blue tang, and 1 cleaner warsse
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03-04-2004, 08:41 AM
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| | Fire Shrimp
Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: ,
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| Re: Electric bill costs
thats including your sump/refu too? a nd all the pumps and power heads? | |
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03-04-2004, 12:59 PM
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| | Feather Duster
Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Marion, IN,Indiana
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| Re: Electric bill costs
to be honest, i really dont know, wife handles the money, im not allowed to handle it because she knows where it would go 
to give you an estimate on how much it would be for yours you can see how much it costs per watt (on your bill) and take everything that you plan to run and add it up, this will help you figure it out
Watts = Voltage x Amps
The Electric Company measures use in Watts, hence:
120V * 2.6A = 312 Watts
also think about the increades cost from the MH in the summer from running the air cond, it will run more
HTH
td _________ &&I am a procrastinator, hense, i have a lot of patience&&&&  &&&& | |
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03-04-2004, 05:27 PM
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| | Aiptasia Anemone
Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: MORENO VALLEY, CA,California
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| Re: Electric bill costs
Yeah summer [smiley=rifle.gif] [smiley=speechless002.gif] thats what im afraid of! | |
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03-04-2004, 06:23 PM
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| | KingFish
Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Pt. Richmond, Ca. Age: 38
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   | Re: Electric bill costs
[quote author=tdevil link=board=General;num=1078382323;start=0#5 date=03/04/04 at 15:59:34]to be honest, i really dont know, wife handles the money, im not allowed to handle it because she knows where it would go
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What kind of devil are you?
ANYWAY, funny how people don't think about electricity when they start adding all these lights to their tanks until they see the bill.
Sometimes I see these setups and think buying a greenhouse would be cheaper.
Bob Goemans has his tank supplemented with solar power which I thought was pretty cool.
I'd love to see someone here go that route. There are some small wind power generators that could power your tank and your house!
Sell that to your wife tdevil! [smiley=biglaugh.gif] | |
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03-05-2004, 09:02 AM
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| | Feather Duster
Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Marion, IN,Indiana
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| Re: Electric bill costs
no worries, Matt
wife handles the money, because of all the tanks that i have and my roadrunner in the back garage, we aould be broke
on another note, i new it was going to raise the electric bill, but to be honest i dont care, i think it is worth the extra cost
there are also other things that add to the cost, but most of those i try to make my self, for example: instead of paying $70-$90 for a dosing pump, i am going to DIY one for about $20
so spending more on certin things but saving on others
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