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Posted by Yukon on February 27, 2010, 10:35 pm
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> > >> Forgot to mention - the electric bill was pretty high too.
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> > > One of the reasons it was so high was instead of one big air pump,
> > > I used 5 smaller ones. Next time, it would be one big one.
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> > Come on... :-)
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> > I cannot imagine air pumps, even 5 of them, making a significant
> > difference in a whole-house electric bill... What are they consuming?
> > 3 Watt each?
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> > Running 5 of them 24/7 would be about 5x3W =3D 15W, times 720
> > hours in a month gives 10800 Wh. With the average price 10 cents
> > per kWh you would pay about 11x10cents, which is about 1 dollar
> > and 10 cents per month, and you probably pay less than 10c/kWh :-)
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> > I would rather look at lights and heaters, especially if the tanks
> > where located in a cold basement...
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> Sorry - forgot to mention - all the tanks had separate lights and
> heaters too. And they were in a basement. If I did it again, I have a
> heated room for everything.
I just went out in the garage and checked - I still have all that
equipment boxed up. I thought I threw it out years ago.
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