Electricity bill question

[Yinger]

gcarroll, i'm scared to think what your mag 36 will read. haha

 

[omeg]

Yeah, I'm looking to make some changes in way of pumps next.

Like a lot of newbie, I neglected pumps and only worried about lights so now I have to redo my pumps.

 

[gcarroll]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7515486#post7515486 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Yinger
gcarroll, i'm scared to think what your mag 36 will read. haha

Mags do consume alot of wattage. however the actually consume much less when they are used in a pressure application as in on my skimmer. On my olser EV 400 the Mag 24 only consumed between 125-130 watts. I have not had a chance to measure the wattage on the mag 36 yet but there was little increase in the electric bill, but then again, a $10 change to a $250/mo bill is not much vs. a $10 change to a $30/month bill.

 

[Yinger]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7515608#post7515608 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by gcarroll
Mags do consume alot of wattage. however the actually consume much less when they are used in a pressure application as in on my skimmer. On my olser EV 400 the Mag 24 only consumed between 125-130 watts. I have not had a chance to measure the wattage on the mag 36 yet but there was little increase in the electric bill, but then again, a $10 change to a $250/mo bill is not much vs. a $10 change to a $30/month bill.

hmm... so it will only consume a large amount of energy if its used for a return? That's not too bad at all then. Does the mag run hot?