Electricity Costs

That sounds a little bit expensive to me!
I would assume that it might cost you $10/month at the absolute most
even if the heaters ran constantly.


R.
http://members.rogers.com/miniks/aquarist.html


On Sun, 21 Mar 2004 15:53:56 GMT, "FishNut" wrote:

Yikes. I it's costing me about 65.00 a month to run my aquariums. I have a
55 gallon tank, a 10 gallon turtle tank and a small 3 gallon acrylic tank.
Does anyone else have this problem? Apparently the tank heaters are very
costly to run. And I have 3.

"Ryan Minaker" wrote in message
...
| That sounds a little bit expensive to me!
| I would assume that it might cost you $10/month at the absolute
most
| even if the heaters ran constantly.
|


I agree. I have 6 tanks, and at best guess, my power bill is only 15
bucks a month more than before I had them. The OP needs to check his
water heater, if one of the elements burns out, it will continue to
make hot water, but the burned out one will be constantly shorting,
running up the power bill. I've had this happen twice, one time it
cost me over 85 bucks in power. The other time it was a rental, so
the landlady ate the bill, boy was she ****ed.

b

Too funny!

Hey, I have a question for you:
I have an ebo jagger 200 watt heater and it's been working great for 3
years. Recently I've noticed that the temperature setting is all "out
of whack" if I set the temperature to 79F it'll heat the water until
it reaches 85F to 88F.

So now I have my temperature set at 71F and the heater heats the water
to 79F. Any ideas on why my heater might have suddenly stopped being
accurate?

R.




On Sun, 21 Mar 2004 17:51:29 GMT, "Dinky"
wrote:



"Ryan Minaker" wrote in message
.. .
| That sounds a little bit expensive to me!
| I would assume that it might cost you $10/month at the absolute
most
| even if the heaters ran constantly.
|


I agree. I have 6 tanks, and at best guess, my power bill is only 15
bucks a month more than before I had them. The OP needs to check his
water heater, if one of the elements burns out, it will continue to
make hot water, but the burned out one will be constantly shorting,
running up the power bill. I've had this happen twice, one time it
cost me over 85 bucks in power. The other time it was a rental, so
the landlady ate the bill, boy was she ****ed.

b

Yeah they sometimes just wear out. The thermostat in yours is faulty. You
need to keep an eye on it or buy a new one.

--
Craig Williams
_________________________________

www.Canadiancray.tk
"Ryan Minaker" wrote in message
...
Too funny!

Hey, I have a question for you:
I have an ebo jagger 200 watt heater and it's been working great for 3
years. Recently I've noticed that the temperature setting is all "out
of whack" if I set the temperature to 79F it'll heat the water until
it reaches 85F to 88F.

So now I have my temperature set at 71F and the heater heats the water
to 79F. Any ideas on why my heater might have suddenly stopped being
accurate?

R.




On Sun, 21 Mar 2004 17:51:29 GMT, "Dinky"
wrote:



"Ryan Minaker" wrote in message
.. .
| That sounds a little bit expensive to me!
| I would assume that it might cost you $10/month at the absolute
most
| even if the heaters ran constantly.
|


I agree. I have 6 tanks, and at best guess, my power bill is only 15
bucks a month more than before I had them. The OP needs to check his
water heater, if one of the elements burns out, it will continue to
make hot water, but the burned out one will be constantly shorting,
running up the power bill. I've had this happen twice, one time it
cost me over 85 bucks in power. The other time it was a rental, so
the landlady ate the bill, boy was she ****ed.

b

It's starting to die. Buy a new one now.


"Ryan Minaker" wrote in message
...
Too funny!

Hey, I have a question for you:
I have an ebo jagger 200 watt heater and it's been working great for 3
years. Recently I've noticed that the temperature setting is all "out
of whack" if I set the temperature to 79F it'll heat the water until
it reaches 85F to 88F.

So now I have my temperature set at 71F and the heater heats the water
to 79F. Any ideas on why my heater might have suddenly stopped being
accurate?

R.




On Sun, 21 Mar 2004 17:51:29 GMT, "Dinky"
wrote:



"Ryan Minaker" wrote in message
.. .
| That sounds a little bit expensive to me!
| I would assume that it might cost you $10/month at the absolute
most
| even if the heaters ran constantly.
|


I agree. I have 6 tanks, and at best guess, my power bill is only 15
bucks a month more than before I had them. The OP needs to check his
water heater, if one of the elements burns out, it will continue to
make hot water, but the burned out one will be constantly shorting,
running up the power bill. I've had this happen twice, one time it
cost me over 85 bucks in power. The other time it was a rental, so
the landlady ate the bill, boy was she ****ed.

b

Yes sir!! : )


On Sun, 21 Mar 2004 11:50:02 -0800, "Boris"
wrote:

It's starting to die. Buy a new one now.


"Ryan Minaker" wrote in message
.. .
Too funny!

Hey, I have a question for you:
I have an ebo jagger 200 watt heater and it's been working great for 3
years. Recently I've noticed that the temperature setting is all "out
of whack" if I set the temperature to 79F it'll heat the water until
it reaches 85F to 88F.

So now I have my temperature set at 71F and the heater heats the water
to 79F. Any ideas on why my heater might have suddenly stopped being
accurate?

R.




On Sun, 21 Mar 2004 17:51:29 GMT, "Dinky"
wrote:



"Ryan Minaker" wrote in message
.. .
| That sounds a little bit expensive to me!
| I would assume that it might cost you $10/month at the absolute
most
| even if the heaters ran constantly.
|


I agree. I have 6 tanks, and at best guess, my power bill is only 15
bucks a month more than before I had them. The OP needs to check his
water heater, if one of the elements burns out, it will continue to
make hot water, but the burned out one will be constantly shorting,
running up the power bill. I've had this happen twice, one time it
cost me over 85 bucks in power. The other time it was a rental, so
the landlady ate the bill, boy was she ****ed.

b

I agree with Ryan. $65 a month is excessive.

On heaters, visit Donald's heater calculator for a better understanding
of what you use.
http://www.kernsanalysis.com/HeaterCalculator.cgi

Otherwise, we can apply some rough estimates.

You have a 55, a 10 and a 3g tank.

On the 55g: I get 1.974 to 3.552 kw/day, based on:
i) filter @ 15-25w 24 hrs/day = .360 to .600 kw/day
ii) lights 40W @ 8-12 hours/day = .360 to .480 kw/day (light)
+ ballast efficiency (wild guess 15%) = .054 to .072
iii) heater 200W @ hmmm.... 50% off (lights, pump, ambient), and 50% on
the remaining time, so 24hours x 25% x 200W= 1.2 kw/day, to
100% on 50% of the time = 2.4kw/day

On the 10g: I get 0.784 to 1.056 kw/day, based on:
i) filter 10w 24 hrs/day = .24 kw/day
ii) lights 8W @ 8-12 hours/day = .064 to .096 kw/day
(assuming CF or incandescent so no efficiency factor needed)
iii) heater 50W @ 40 to 60% on= .48 to .72 kw/day

On the 3g: I get 0.528 to 0.792 kw/day, based on:
i) filter 5w 24 hrs/day = .12 kw/day
ii) lights 6W @ 8-12 hours/day = .048 to .072 kw/day
(assuming CF or incandescent so no efficiency factor needed)
iii) heater 50W @ 30 to 50% on= .36 to .6 kw/day

So, your daily consumption could range somewhere between 3.3 to 5.4
kw/day (or 0.1375 to 0.225 kwh). Here in Ontario, Canada we pay about 5
cents per kwh, so using that, your operating costs could be between .6875
and 1.125 cents an hour. Using 720 hours in a 30 day month, your
electricity bill (consumption only) for the aquariums could be between
$4.95 to $8.10 (if I haven't completely buggered up the math ;~),
however, 5 to 10 bucks a month sounds about right for 3 tanks.

NetMax


"Ryan Minaker" wrote in message
...
That sounds a little bit expensive to me!
I would assume that it might cost you $10/month at the absolute most
even if the heaters ran constantly.


R.
http://members.rogers.com/miniks/aquarist.html


On Sun, 21 Mar 2004 15:53:56 GMT, "FishNut" wrote:

Yikes. I it's costing me about 65.00 a month to run my aquariums. I
have a
55 gallon tank, a 10 gallon turtle tank and a small 3 gallon acrylic
tank.
Does anyone else have this problem? Apparently the tank heaters are
very
costly to run. And I have 3.