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| matty18714 |
Posted - 22/02/2011 : 12:02:13
Oh the joys of being a student...I need to figure out how much a month it costs to run a 150 watt ceramic on a pulse so I know how much (well, little) extra I should chip in for bills. I know it will be next to nothing but I could do with having a figure. |
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| Kehhlyr |
Posted - 22/02/2011 : 19:58:04
I can run 13 vivs with heatmats and heat bulbs for an average of 38p a day according to my old energy use meter thing.
Haven't got a ceramic hooked up yet so couldn't tell if that makes a difference.
All my mats are on on/off stats, the lamps are on dimmers. You can tell the difference on a hotter day compared to a cooler day, it's quite interesting actually.
My old one had a portable monitor so I could have it anywhere, you could always tell if a couple of the stats clicked on or off at the same time.
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A lot of the differences in cost depends on how much your electrickery is, my old place we were on a pre-payment meter so were something stupidly expensive like 14.8p per kwh, whereas here we're at 9.8p per kwh although that could be due to our high usage as well. |
| matty18714 |
Posted - 22/02/2011 : 18:10:18
Ahhh, thanks Phil. Have you tested any of your set-ups to find the cost? |
| Kehhlyr |
Posted - 22/02/2011 : 17:16:00
Get one of these:
http://www.maplin.co.uk/plug-in-electricity-cost-and-usage-calculator-223573
I've got a couple similar and once programed with your electricity kwh amount it works brilliantly.
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| matty18714 |
Posted - 22/02/2011 : 15:21:52
Exactly. I imagine that the amount of electricity used would be similar, or probably less, to running it on full for 15 days. |
| CoN |
Posted - 22/02/2011 : 13:17:40
Hmm hard to tell because its on a pulse stat, so there wont be a constant flow of electricity. Dont think it will a huge amount. |
