this is what you need. asking peoples energy bill really doesnt mean anything. different plants get charged different prices.
Whats your average monthly electric bill?
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I'd have to do some math to know for sure..my utility company charges me every other month, and the bill includes electric, water, sewer, garbage, and recycling. My bill's usually around $150 a month in the summer, 300 a month in the winter (I think the non-electric utilities make up appx. $100 of that) and I'm on a big central electric furnace for my heating for a 2 story, 4 bedroom house. So...depending on the season I'm going to go with $50-200 a month for electricity and my fishtank lights being a negligible part of that since I have appx. 120 watts going about 12 hours a day year round...I love how cheap the summer is. Which means I'm spending $150 a month right now to keep my house "warm" at 66 F....ugh.
My electric bill runs right at $200 monthly. What percentage of that is for the tanks, I have no idea. I heat with corn and fuel oil, but everything else is electric. I have 2 young kids who always leave lights and or televisions on and a husband who does quite a bit of work out of the garage (welding, mechanic stuff, power tools, etc.). It has been so long since I have had no fish tanks, I can not remember what the electric was before fish.
We are on budget and it keeps going up. It is $238 a month for a large 4 bedroom home. We installed a new heater/ac last year but our bill has not changed much. I have 26 tanks w/heaters in my hatchery. I know that they have increased my bill but not sure by how much. When I have looked at our past usage (prior to the hatchery) and current the KWH are basically unchanged. Our new heat/ac units are high effeciency units so I think the KWH's saved by them have been replaced by the hatchery.
this is what you need. asking peoples energy bill really doesnt mean anything. different plants get charged different prices.
I've seen ads for these before. They're not very expensive, either.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...01&cm_re="kill_a_watt"-_-82-715-001-_-Product
I'm seriously temped to get one. More to check the power consumption of all the computers I run rather than fish tanks, though.
One of the libraries near me has a Kilowatt you can check out. I tried it but it was hard to fit in some places & I didn't get a good idea of how much each item was using
I have a 110, 80, and a 55 gallon tank. My electricity bill this month is $278.00. I have a 60 gallon tank that I want to set up but I know if I do that, the price might increase to about $100 more each month. I live in California, and the price for electritcity is quite high is you use a lot of electricity.
I actually calculated it out a few weeks ago. Our house is 2400 sq ft, 4 bed, 2 bath. 2 people. Average monthly electric is $120(thank you, Georgia Power).
I currently have a 60-P high tech planted running. It's contribution to our bill is:
I'm bringing a 120g high tech planted online right now, and it will raise my bill by:
A decent guestimate for aquariums is $1 per gallon per year, but obviously the higher tech you go, the more it cost.
I currently have a 60-P high tech planted running. It's contribution to our bill is:
I'm bringing a 120g high tech planted online right now, and it will raise my bill by:
A decent guestimate for aquariums is $1 per gallon per year, but obviously the higher tech you go, the more it cost.
