electric bill????

[shrimpin]

I was just curious if there was a way to tell how much my tanks are costing me a month????
if this helps this is what I have......

12 gallon reef- 1 return pump, and pc lights

27 gallon reef- 1 return pump, 2 powerheads, a heater and pc lighting

30 gallon planted- 1 canister, a heater, CO2, pc lights

75 gallon mudskipper tank - 1 canister, 3 powerheads, heater

150 gallon cichlid tank - 2 canisters, 2 heaters, 1 powerhead


could all this cost me more than 20 bucks a month. the reason im asking is because my bill last month was 190.00 with the ac off durning the day, and its only a 3 bedroom townhouse that I live in....

thanks for your input...

[relaxednature]

you can use the rough calculator here.
http://www.reefcentral.com/calc/tank_elec_calc.php

[chetm2]

My 240 gal tank with all the fixins easily adds $90 a month to my bill.

[vanmle]

Definitely more than $20, even in the winter time. I am sure that with all of that, it will cost you a lot more than $20 in the summer. Heating your tanks is expensive.

[918ReefCpl]

There used to be a meter you could find that would register the wattages being drawn thru your equipment and then you had to do the math....Kill-o-watt or something like that? Plus, when you commented that you turned off your AC (thats a big energy draw) and can you look back at your old bills to see what it was w/o your tank being in service?
When we added our Hot-tub (300gal) out back when it was 110v system, it added probably $40-50 a month, when we converted to 220V Heater/Pump it actually dropped to about $30 give or take...used to be a thread on here where we were discussing APS vs SRP rates for our respective homes and mini-oceans cost$

[evolust]

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/se...rocess=default

[shrimpin]

thanks guys

reefcpl the tanks were in the house from the start so I wouldnt know how much was being used before....

[Wiskey]

My 180G SPS tank compleate with it's 3*250W MH costs me about $40 per month in power to run,..

My 50G Mixed reef with 4*54W T5 lighting and MJ's for flow runs me about $18 per month.

Whiskey

[918ReefCpl]

Here;s another link for the device that Evolust posted its going for $20:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...E2R-_-82715001