Electricity

[toxqc]

you guys are getting riped off

electricity here just went up to 6 cents canadian a KW

 

[bwilson60]

Well I spend about 400 to 500 per month for 2100kwh.

I have a 150 gal with all the bells and whistles. My tank cost me about 150 to 200 more per month!!!!

To bad the local lfs didnt tell me that when I spent 10k LOL.

 

[mikenpam]

For your tank a quick gut estimate would be $0.27 per hour when the lights are on and $0.09 while they are off. That comes out to about twice what waterkeeper estimates; however, 0.18 per kWhr is a fairly high rate for electricity and is probably double the average cost.

I work for the local utility and darned if we didn't raise our rates just when I decided to start a reef tank!

 

[RobbyG]

Thats why I went T5. It was 90% an electricity consumption decision.

 

[bjonesjr1]

electric rates here inn florida are only 4.9c a kwh plus a fuel charge of 4.97c a kwh

 

[WaterKeeper]

Tis those fuel charges around here that make it so high.

 

[RobbyG]

You guys think you have it bad, here in the Caribbean most of the Electric Plants are owned by Morant Industries in the USA, this is the same company that supplies power for many parts of the USA.
only difference is that they charge us more than double the Rate they charge in the USA !! Even though it's the same type of power plants, and their Labor costs are about 1/5 of what they are in the USA.

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7017955#post7017955 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by WaterKeeper
Tis those fuel charges around here that make it so high.