Electricity cost of running hailides?

Les, yeah, long overdue, hey. We're moving end of August to Berlin, will do braai when house is ready, lekker pool there as well, maybe have the next tank braai there by us in the summer.
 
Hey Reaper you guys move often hey. Why do you keep pissing the neighbors off. :lol:
 
Galibore said:
Les, to calculate exactly, you would need to know how much your utility company charges for electricity.

Monthly Cost = xkWH(in Rand) x Wattage of a Light x Number of Lights x 30 days x Number of hours in a day / 1000 (to convert kW into W)

Where xkWH is the cost of electricity in Kilowatt Hours. Here by me it's quite cheap at at 45c for 1 kWH.
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thanks will try get an accurate rate...... and make up my mind from that....
 
SIMS said:
Well @ R9 diffs it's worth keeping what you already got but how about working out how much extra your chiller will have to work to keep the temp the same as running 150w?
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good point on the chiller as it is an item that pulls a bit of juice will take into consideration... thanks
 
mekaeel said:
yeah the chiller is what i feel thats drawing most power
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i will monitor the chiller cost and if its a small one slip it in without mention... the worst case senario is i offer to pay a bit more rent.... but im trying to establish whats fair....
 
mekaeel said:
yeah the chiller is what i feel thats drawing most power
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I beg to differ. Chillers actually draw less power than you think. Mine draws about half of the power my 450W of Metal halides draw IIRC. Will try remember to check this evening.
 
Well I would be very interested to find out what a chiller will cost to run - anyone got any ideas?

Are we looking at R100 a month or R300 a month?

Also what would 11 x 54w 4x 36w and 3 x 24w cost to run if the on for 12 hours a day?
 
I pay 37.68c per kWh

Last month I used 1425 Kwh does that sound like alot?

Some how I used 62kl of water.... man that sounds like alot for just me, GF and gardener?
 
SIMS said:
Well I would be very interested to find out what a chiller will cost to run - anyone got any ideas?

Are we looking at R100 a month or R300 a month?

Also what would 11 x 54w 4x 36w and 3 x 24w cost to run if the on for 12 hours a day?
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R109.87/month for the above lighting
 
:lol: I just got the same thing....

Cool - now I'm going to run around the house and see what is pulling all my power - something else for the GF to think I'm nuts....
 
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Hill said:
I beg to differ. Chillers actually draw less power than you think. Mine draws about half of the power my 450W of Metal halides draw IIRC. Will try remember to check this evening.
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suprisingly.i actually was under the impression,the chiller draws most power
 
mekaeel said:
suprisingly.i actually was under the impression,the chiller draws most power
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Ok I was a bit out. I checked now and my Titan 500 is 395 Watts. Still quite a bit lower than the 450 Watts I am currently running. And considerably less than the 900watts planned in future.
 
Ya but how would you work out what it costs as it's impossible to judge how long it runs for?
 
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