equipment power consumpsion

I thought of opening a threat of something interesting.How much electricity does your aquarium use:I worked out mine and its about plus minus 50kilowatts a month. I'm not sure what is the eskom price per kilowatt now but I roughly worked on R1.50/kw and worked out it costs about plus minus R80 -R90 for electricity on my aqaurium.How I did this is:Take the watts of an appliance e.g airpump, mine uses 5 watt per hour, every appliance that gives you the watts is always watts/hour.Now the airpump runs 24/7. I take 24 hours x 30 days(about a month) =720hours.Next take the 720hours and multiply by 5 watts=3600watts which is 3.6 kilowatts.If the price is R1.50 then the pump power consumpsion is 3.6kilowattsxR1.50=R5.40I know this is kind of a funny thread but I would like to hear from all of you, how much power does your tank use. Its just for something interesting.....I will find out tomorrow about the price per kilowatts.I will await replies, or give me your equipment list and hours its running and I will quickly work it out..... I know the heaters will be a tricky one.

 

Not sure if you saw this thread .... How to calculate the electrical cost of running a tank.

Later Ferdie

 

I was bored yesterday, I just wantrd to know how much do some members pay at the end of the month for their tanks. I folowed the link you gave me ferdie, thanx

 

Interesting my PC is responsible for 20% of the power consumption on the plug - I am dreading having to hook all the heaters up for winter. Would actually be cool if we had a forum tool that could calculate this type of thing for us. Maybe raise the awareness of buying power wise equipment.

Funny how the cheaper pumps use more power for less head and flow. Not to mention heaters / lights and all that.

I know the Masa guys use way more power so they probably have the numbers at hand, most TASA lovers have an idea what it is but probably think it is less than R50 per month (no heater) or R150 (with heater). Not bad if you think of it as a hobby that can give so much back.

But it adds up quick

I would think the monthly bill would be (high to low)

Ferts > Fish Food > Electricity > Water


??? or would this be a wrong assumption.

BTW what is your price per KWh

Later Ferdie