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| matthewsaint |
Posted - 09/12/2012 : 18:09:18
Mam and dad complaining about electric bills being out of the window and saying it's because of the snakes..
All I have is a microclimate ministat 100 and a 17x11 heatmat
surely they can't be using much electric? |
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| jbarlow91 |
Posted - 11/12/2012 : 07:56:13
Lol dads never like being proved wrong |
| badwool |
Posted - 11/12/2012 : 07:51:04
Or keep the snakes in the tumble dryer? |
| Kelfezond |
Posted - 11/12/2012 : 00:11:52
lol copied and pasted what Blito said to my dad who constantly complains about the electricity bills, his response...
"don't think so" |
| Lotabob |
Posted - 10/12/2012 : 23:51:08
Good moral. Save electricity & Raise humidity, air dry your clothes in front of the vivariums. |
| jbarlow91 |
Posted - 10/12/2012 : 22:47:02
So the moral of the story is get rid of the dryer and get another snake lol |
| Lotabob |
Posted - 10/12/2012 : 21:23:15
quote:
Originally posted by blito
Electricity is metered and charged in Kilowatt hours.
a 1000w electrical load used for 1 hour would be charged at 1kwh, as would a 100w load used for 10 hours.
A 60 watt heat lamp uses 0.06kwh so if used 24 hours a day would it would use 1.44kwh of electricity per day. Current cost per kwh is approx 15p which gives us a daily cost of 21.6 pence. That equates to £78.84 per year or £1.51 a week if you prefer.
A 20W heat mat uses just 0.02kw/h and if used all day everyday it would cost 50p per week
Lets put something into perspective here, a tumble drier is rated at 3kw (thats the max you can plug into a UK mains socket), so if its used 3 times per week for 30 minutes each time it would use 4.5kwh per week at a cost of 67 pence per week.
Boom, there it is!  |
| blito |
Posted - 10/12/2012 : 19:36:15
Electricity is metered and charged in Kilowatt hours.
a 1000w electrical load used for 1 hour would be charged at 1kwh, as would a 100w load used for 10 hours.
A 60 watt heat lamp uses 0.06kwh so if used 24 hours a day would it would use 1.44kwh of electricity per day. Current cost per kwh is approx 15p which gives us a daily cost of 21.6 pence. That equates to £78.84 per year or £1.51 a week if you prefer.
A 20W heat mat uses just 0.02kw/h and if used all day everyday it would cost 50p per week
Lets put something into perspective here, a tumble drier is rated at 3kw (thats the max you can plug into a UK mains socket), so if its used 3 times per week for 30 minutes each time it would use 4.5kwh per week at a cost of 67 pence per week.
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| markmifsud |
Posted - 10/12/2012 : 14:36:14
Calculate your consumption at 100% and then you know its less than that.
I think a 17x11 mat consumes around 20w per hour so its max draw per week should be 3.3kwh. Not sure what the current leccy rates are but I guess thats around 50p a week all in. |
| Kelfezond |
Posted - 09/12/2012 : 23:27:26
I'm not convinced on how much the snakes cost in electricity, it's no secret our bill has raised alot since we got all the snakes in so they do cost alot :/ I just can't pinpoint a number. |
| matthewsaint |
Posted - 09/12/2012 : 23:18:57
haha I pay my way the best I can.. They got the tumble dryer the same month as I got my royal but they are obviously blaming me in the usual 'parenting' fashion, couldn't possibly be their fault. |
| carlb1981 |
Posted - 09/12/2012 : 22:08:48
Lol the only big cost i have is the oil filled rad but before that there was barely a difference and i have 3 stats 4 35" mats and a viv with 150w ir bulb |
| jbarlow91 |
Posted - 09/12/2012 : 22:00:38
They are probably trying to get some more money out of you lol |
| chrisc |
Posted - 09/12/2012 : 21:07:28
yes using the washing machine, tumble dryer an electric cooker a lot bump my electric up quite a bit |
| matthewsaint |
Posted - 09/12/2012 : 19:05:52
didn't think so, i'm pretty sure it's down to the tumble dryer. any way thanks |
| chrisc |
Posted - 09/12/2012 : 18:53:58
wont be due to the snakes i have 5 150w an 1 250w ceramic, 2 heatmats an a locust viv plus all the household stuff an my electric is around £10 a week |
