SteveA Posted June 22, 2005 Author Report Share Posted June 22, 2005 Radium can do 400W Radium 20k bulbs for $125 + gst i think and 1000W Radium 20k bulbs for $250 + gst no 1000W 14kers that he knows of.... . Mmmm 2 * 1000W (=2000W) @ $250 = $500 5 * 400W (=2000W) @ $125 = $625. I don't actually want my corals to grow that fast, my tank is already big enough. My idea of two 1000W bulbs migrating along the tank as the day progresses is sounding more attractive all the time. Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveA Posted June 22, 2005 Author Report Share Posted June 22, 2005 Up to $8.91 (+GST) after 48 hours (including 8.5 hour power cut). Heading to $5 per day methinks. Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RnB Posted June 22, 2005 Report Share Posted June 22, 2005 that power meter pay for itself in approx 77 days then Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveA Posted June 22, 2005 Author Report Share Posted June 22, 2005 Just woked it out that based on my equipment and duty cycles I should average a consumption about 1213W. This comes to 29.11 Units per day, for a total cost of $4.67 +GST. I am now rather glad I did not stay with my first plan of a tank upstairs and the sump downstairs. The power consumption of the main circulation pump never entered into my change of plan to having everything downstairs but it probably would have if I had thought about it. Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brianemone Posted June 22, 2005 Report Share Posted June 22, 2005 5 bucks a day isnt too much, i might even consider 400watters myself Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Posted June 23, 2005 Report Share Posted June 23, 2005 $1825 per year. $18,000 per decade. $128,000 over the average person's lifetime... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brianemone Posted June 23, 2005 Report Share Posted June 23, 2005 i repeat 5$ a day isnt alot stupid ira ruins my day :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RnB Posted June 24, 2005 Report Share Posted June 24, 2005 power will get cheaper once we build our nuclear stations.... rnb puts flame jacket on and goes hides in bunker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted June 24, 2005 Report Share Posted June 24, 2005 I should think harnessing all the hot air and wind from the saltwater sections here ought to keep a few tanks going too :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brianemone Posted June 24, 2005 Report Share Posted June 24, 2005 just show me how caryl id be more than happy to start a importing/zeovit thread every month for free power Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RnB Posted June 24, 2005 Report Share Posted June 24, 2005 why is it that the same stuff not happen in the fresh water tanks? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kermit Posted June 24, 2005 Report Share Posted June 24, 2005 :-? $5 a day scarry, my tank gosts me just $1 a day i think my big tank will cost about $3 a day when built. What are you running SteveA? Robert Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveA Posted June 26, 2005 Author Report Share Posted June 26, 2005 Main power user is 1600W of MH lights. Next comes 1200W of heaters and then nearly 400W of fluoroescents. Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cookie extreme Posted June 26, 2005 Report Share Posted June 26, 2005 Main power user is 1600W of MH lights. Next comes 1200W of heaters and then nearly 400W of fluoroescents. your heater in the winter may well be your biggest power user as your halides are only on for a certain amout of time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveA Posted June 26, 2005 Author Report Share Posted June 26, 2005 You may be correct. I could actually test that, since all the heaters are running off a central temperature control. If I were to plug a timer into the output used by the heaters I could set it to 00:00 then come back 24 hours later and see what time it was reading, which would be the number of hours the heaters had been on. Might do that tonight. Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveA Posted June 28, 2005 Author Report Share Posted June 28, 2005 So far the tank is consuming about $4.75 power per average winter day but over a period of 1.5 days, when we had a very cold southerly front come thru, it climbed to just over $6 per day. Including this spike, the everage is $5.22. In the 24 hour period to 7:25 this morning the heaters had only been on for 8.5 hours but must have been on for a lot longer during that cold spell. All this data is going to make an intersting graph one day. Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reef Posted June 28, 2005 Report Share Posted June 28, 2005 So i think you estimate of $5 a day will average out over the year as in summer the cost will be lower. So it cost about $2000 a year on power. Does add up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveA Posted June 28, 2005 Author Report Share Posted June 28, 2005 I am guessing that on the current power charges it will work out at about $4.90 over a full year. Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reef Posted June 28, 2005 Report Share Posted June 28, 2005 Are you sure, it could be $4.95 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveA Posted June 28, 2005 Author Report Share Posted June 28, 2005 Are you sure, it could be $4.95 Actually the figure is $4.8736, but I might be wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reef Posted June 28, 2005 Report Share Posted June 28, 2005 Still is a lot of money over a year, Something to think about when setting up a large tank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Posted June 29, 2005 Report Share Posted June 29, 2005 I disagree. I think it's more something to make a point of not thinking about... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nilocagain Posted June 29, 2005 Report Share Posted June 29, 2005 why is it that the same stuff not happen in the fresh water tanks? The same stuff does happen to us freshies, My power bill is up from $80 a month to almost $200 a month with running 1555W of heaters and 280W of lights plus filters etc. SWMBO is not happy, and keeps asking when the fish are going to breed and start paying for their own keep. Sounds like I need to change over to saltwater or get a warmer house. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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