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19-Dec-06, 12:23 AM
|  | Seller | Join Date: Nov-06 Location: Brisvagas | | | Do U.V and Heat Lights Put up the Power Bill
Hi , I'm just wondering does running a lot of U.V and heat lights put up your power bill much. I've only had my hearps a couple of months and havn't yet got a energex bill yet so I'm wondering am I going to be horrified or not to bothered. Any Ideas would be great, I'm ruffly running 5 enclosures at the moment on U.V and Heat to give you a idea.
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19-Dec-06, 12:24 AM
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Depends on wattage of said U.V lights and heat. Not a great deal though generally speaking. It's all worth it in the end!!!
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19-Dec-06, 12:42 AM
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We pay approx $150 a month for quite a few uv and heat lights, mats, cords etc.
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19-Dec-06, 08:46 AM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Jul-06 Location: Warwick, QLD | | |
its when you get into the air con side of things that the bill gets larger  |
19-Dec-06, 08:51 AM
|  | slimin about! Subscriber | Join Date: Aug-06 Location: Cairns | | | |
If you think 100 W light bulbs or heat lamps... You pay around 12 cents per kiloWatt hour, that means you can run 10 of these bulbs for one hour to pay around 12 cents.
Just one of these bulbs therefore costs around 1.2 cents per hour.
If you run it for 8 hours per day that comes to 9.6 cents per day.
If you run it over the standard 90 days for your power bill then you have spent:
$8.64
So there's my answer... (incidentally this is approximate, not everyone pays 12 cents per kiloWatt hour and your bulb may not be 100 W.
Hope this has been helpful.
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19-Dec-06, 09:16 AM
| | Seller | Join Date: Nov-06 Location: Brisvagas | | | |
Thanks heaps, yes most of my bulbs around around the 100w, that price sounds pretty good. I'm just hopeing my bill didn't go from $300 a month to $700 or something silly like that lol.
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19-Dec-06, 09:21 AM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Jul-06 Location: Country NSW Age/Gender: 37  | | | |
We have 6 tanks with 100watt heating (2 with 20watt fluoro's), 4 tanks with 25watt heating, 3 tanks with 60watt heating and 20watt fluoro's and our bill was close to $420 over 3 months. We have the 2 window air cons on now though so I imagine the bill to climb significantly during summer.
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19-Dec-06, 09:47 AM
| | slimin about! Subscriber | Join Date: Aug-06 Location: Cairns | | | Quote:
Originally Posted by nightowl  We have 6 tanks with 100watt heating (2 with 20watt fluoro's), 4 tanks with 25watt heating, 3 tanks with 60watt heating and 20watt fluoro's and our bill was close to $420 over 3 months. We have the 2 window air cons on now though so I imagine the bill to climb significantly during summer. | So let's do your bill... hehe... I miss being a physics teacher (holiday)
6 x $8.64 = $51.84
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4 x 25 (=100W) = $8.64
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2 x 20W (=40W)
40 W / 1000 W/kW = 0.04 kW
0.04 kW for 1 hour @ 12 cents = 0.04 x 12 = 0.48 cents
Im guessing for 8 hours a day (average)
0.48 x 8 =
= 3.84 cents per day
3.84 cents x 90 days = 345.6 cents = $3.46
Altogether:
$51.84 + 8.64 + 3.46 = $63.94 per 90 days
This assumes you pay 12 cents per kWh and you run this equipment for 8 hours per day on average.
That was fun... let's do another one!
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19-Dec-06, 09:54 AM
| | Seller | Join Date: Nov-06 Location: Brisvagas | | | |
WOW!!, you shore love your maths lol. Can u work out all my appliances lol nah just joking
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19-Dec-06, 09:58 AM
| | slimin about! Subscriber | Join Date: Aug-06 Location: Cairns | | | Quote:
Originally Posted by allana1313 WOW!!, you shore love your maths lol. Can u work out all my appliances lol nah just joking | Nah maths isn't my forte' it's Physics that I love!!!
I don't do that around my own home tho... hehe...
But I don't know if the cost is 12 cents per kW hour - but it's going to be close I think.
cheers.
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19-Dec-06, 11:19 AM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Jul-06 Location: Country NSW Age/Gender: 37 | | |
Wow Slim6y that was cool! I kinda get stuck at the ....
2 x 20W (=40W)
40 W / 1000 W/kW = 0.04 kW
0.04 kW for 1 hour @ 12 cents = 0.04 x 12 = 0.48 cents .... bit 
I bet you like watching that show, Numb3rs !! 
Cheers
Shane
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19-Dec-06, 12:32 PM
| | slimin about! Subscriber | Join Date: Aug-06 Location: Cairns | | | Quote:
Originally Posted by nightowl Wow Slim6y that was cool! I kinda get stuck at the ....
2 x 20W (=40W)
40 W / 1000 W/kW = 0.04 kW
0.04 kW for 1 hour @ 12 cents = 0.04 x 12 = 0.48 cents .... bit
I bet you like watching that show, Numb3rs !!
Cheers
Shane | Hey...
yeah the 2 x 20 W fluro's that you run is a total of 40 W.
40 W isn't 1000 W so how much of a kiloWatt is 40 Watts? (A kiloWatt is 1000 W).
40 W divided by 1000 W per kW = 0.04 kW
So that's how many kW is in 40 W of fluro's.
If they run for an hour then they cost 0.04 kW x 12 cents and that's how it's worked out.
Haven't watched that show numbers... Maybe I will give it a go |
19-Dec-06, 02:07 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Jul-06 Location: Country NSW Age/Gender: 37 | | |
I think some of that info is seeping into the cement between my ears! Thanks for that!
BTW, definitely check out Numbers, good show!
Cheers
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19-Dec-06, 05:06 PM
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There is an electricity calculator on the net- you put in the wattage of the appliance, how often you run it etc and it tells you how much it will cost you to run it
Just gotta find it now!!  |
19-Dec-06, 05:53 PM
| | slimin about! Subscriber | Join Date: Aug-06 Location: Cairns | | | Quote:
Originally Posted by melm There is an electricity calculator on the net- you put in the wattage of the appliance, how often you run it etc and it tells you how much it will cost you to run it
Just gotta find it now!! | Ruin all my fun will you grrrrr hehe... what's the site? is it ergon?
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