View Full Version : Wattages of Canister Filters???
1HungryGoldfish
03-08-2006, 3:50 PM
I would like to know the Wattages of the various brands and sizes of cannister filters. Since they are plugged in 24/7/365, electrical cost may be a slight concern when picking up a canaster.
If you are charged 10 cents per kilowatt*hr, then a filter running at 10 Watts costs about $8.
30W filter? About $24/year.
Would owners of the Fluval, Filstar, and Eheim filters please post the Watt their product uses, along with the size of filter of course.
If Watts are not listed, look at the amps. Amps *120 equals watts.
so 0.3 Amps would be 40 Watts.
reptileguy2727
03-08-2006, 3:57 PM
have you tried looking around online? the manufacturers may have that info available online, and many online suppliers list that info, so you could look at their description of the product and find that out.
Aye its not too hard to find online if ya look around. For some reference though. Fluval 304 / 305 is listed as 15w. 404 / 405 is listed as 21w. Rena xp2 is listed as 16w. Xp3 is listed as 19w. Also for reference ac 70 is listed as 6w and ac 110 is listed as 14w.
ghinksmon
03-08-2006, 4:56 PM
If an extra $10 a YEAR is a determining factor... you must be an accountant. :)
1HungryGoldfish
03-08-2006, 9:22 PM
Ha ha ha,
actually what got me thinking about it was when I received a very old Magnum350. I looked on the bottom and the information said 100W. Wow!!! So I did a calculation, and still can't believe it. I'll do it again to double check.
100W, for 10 hours equals 1 KW*Hr. That is about 8 cents.
100W for 24 hours is about 19 cents. Let's call it 20, ok?
365 days * 20 cents equals, let's see.... $73.
100W all day and night equals $73 a year. Holy Moley!!!
I would guess the newer models of the 350 are more efficient and don't burn 100W.
So a 10W filter will use about $7 of electricity a year.
There is a constant Eheim debate, whether they are worth the money. I wonder how many watts those use. Is it possible they used about 1/2 the Watts (just fun speculation). If so such a filter, being an extra $100, would pay for itself in about approx. 10 years.
Interesting, if nothing more.
svtcontour
03-08-2006, 10:00 PM
How interesting that you have asked this question. I just plugged in my two filters to see how much power they are drawing. Didnt do them one at a time. Used a device called a killawatt ( http://www.dvd-rwmedia.com/killawatt-electricity-kill-a-watt.html )
Anyway my Eheim 2213 and Eheim 2217 are consuming 22w at the moment. Then my 250w ebo heater clicked on and it went up to 264w :)
I also tested my 48" coralife T5 lightstrip and it takes 40w (its dual 18w bulbs I think).
svtcontour
03-08-2006, 10:07 PM
I just checked online and the 2213 is rated at 8w, the 2217 is rated at 20w for a total of 28w. Now maybe thats under full load when the filter is plugged up and with more stress on the pumps.
I also have a 2260 which is rated at 50w but hoping its sucking back a little less :)