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christyf5 03-08-2010 05:42 PM
I think my hydro bill is about $100 a month. Water (with sewage and garbage) is about $40 a month. Should be interesting to see how much the hydro jumps with the new tank.

Fishward 03-08-2010 06:46 PM
Appartment life is the way to go. $60/month all in. I do only have a 65Gal though..

whatcaneyedo 03-08-2010 07:24 PM
Hydro is $110/month, water is included in the rent and likely not metered.

bvlester 03-08-2010 11:14 PM
I know our utilities work out to about 200/ month for everything we have 2 tanks on the go and a small QT. Thats for hydro elctricity and water/sewer.

Bill

Funky_Fish14 03-08-2010 11:50 PM
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Originally Posted by Coleus (Post 499499)
Now you bring this up. I was always wondering so for a 98% rejection rate. If I am collecting 120 gallon of good water per month. Does that mean i waste 6000 gallon of water(well i tried to use some for watering plant)


Hahah good idea Kien, if you are getting those new Koralias, sell me your Tunze 6105s ok? :wink:
You certainly are not tossing that much water. The R/O membrane is rejecting 98% of the dissolved solids, not the water. Depending on the pressure of the feed, your getting anywhere from 2:1 (Waste/product) to 10:1 ratio. I run very high PSI and dual membrane in paralelle so my waste is actually lower than 2:1.

Crytone 03-09-2010 01:13 AM
Condo life is the way to go. I lucked out and my condo fees pays ALL the bills (except internet/cable, but in many condos electricity is not included) so my bill is $0. I still try to conserve energy but I didn't sweat at all when I decided to get my tank.

SeaHorse_Fanatic 03-09-2010 03:10 AM
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Originally Posted by targa81 (Post 499512)
My last bill was for 700$. I suspect my neighbour's have a grow op and are stealing my electricity. I only have 2 tanks and it's hard to believe they are responsible for that high a bill.
Impossible its your tanks. I have a 210g with 75g sump, 120g with 90g sump/seahorse & 3 other fw & sw tanks. My hydro bill for just the tanks are about $70/month. (based on the old per kw rate, not the new split rate one though).

Coleus 03-09-2010 03:31 AM
we need hyrdo in alberta

Crytone 03-09-2010 05:51 AM
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Originally Posted by targa81 (Post 499512)
My last bill was for 700$. I suspect my neighbour's have a grow op and are stealing my electricity. I only have 2 tanks and it's hard to believe they are responsible for that high a bill.
Wow, I'd put a watt logger (I think you can find them under the name Kill A Watt) meter on your tanks and log exactly how many watts they are using a month. Might also consider flipping your breaker to all your exterior plugs when you aren't using them to reduce the likelihood of anyone 'borrowing' your power.

es355lucille 03-09-2010 09:42 PM
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Originally Posted by Crytone (Post 499786)
Wow, I'd put a watt logger (I think you can find them under the name Kill A Watt) meter on your tanks and log exactly how many watts they are using a month. Might also consider flipping your breaker to all your exterior plugs when you aren't using them to reduce the likelihood of anyone 'borrowing' your power.

The Kill A Watt meter that I have has a function to put in the cents per KwH and my 190g tank - everything included runs at ~$34.85 per month. I had everything going into this thing with a couple of power bars....for a month.


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