For people with 180 gallon+ systems, how much is your electricity bills per month??
 

Please submit your results!! it will be interesting to see what we all pay for electricity/water for this hobby, also please include your province if possible! thanks!

Itd be nice to see what YOU have to pay.. LOL

I split my hydro & natural gas with the family upstairs & the combined hydro for Nov & Dec was $187 & my share worked out to $75 for two months or $37.50/month:biggrin:

That has remained relatively stable over the last 2.5 years, even though I've since upgraded to 4 x 250w MH, and 4 x 90w (Sedra9000 pumps).

My 210g reef uses 19.5 kw/day so $1.20/day in electricity or $36/month.

According to that calculation, my computer, tv, house lights, stove, fridge & other tanks cost me only $1.50/month in extra electricity. Wow, that's awesome.:mrgreen: :wink:

Anthony

Will you accept votes from people who's combined systems are >180g? Or are you specifically looking for costs associated with "one tank"?

I have 3 tanks running , no halides, and my bill was 300 bucks (calgary). OUTRAGES

Is that just electricity or does that include your water/sewer?

$300 as well just for the electricity portion, another $200 for the gas, water, sewer.
But we have alot of usage other than the tank.

When I ran my 230g my bill was in and around the $40 a month mark. It then jumped to 210 a month when I got new roommates who felt the house should reside at a toasty 30 degrees all day long.

FYI I didn't vote because the cost of my tank per month was less then the available options.

I pay $450/month!!! I also have a family with little kids and everyone leaves every light on in the house all day long while I am at work (drives me crazy).

My bill for the last two months was 230....according to the energy calc my system uses just over 100 per month. I dont mind the 100...its the 30 thats being wasted that bugs me.


Scott

Cathrine,

How does your heat relate to your electric? Wasn't your heat natural gas?
Just curious....

Shelley

For comparison purposes, we want everyone to participate if your tank's total water volume is more than 180 gallons.

For me, my Enmax bills are always on the rise... on electricity alone, i use about 1400KWh steadily rising. the cost of my bills (electricity, water and natural gas combined) was about 250-350 depends on weather and also if i am running a QT.

my system electricals includes:

3X250W halides
barracuda main pump
Velocity T4 closeloop
Tunze Wavebox
150W halide sump refugium
2X 250W Ebo heater
2X Maxijet powerheads for flow and phosban
2X sedra9000 pumps for skimmer
1" Seaswirl
Moonlights and fans

Heaters 350W and a small PH for changing water

Also, i run a HRV for the house during the winter. We lived in a Townhouse... so i was thinking having a utility bill of $300~ is quite alot....

My "tenants" ran space heaters all over the house when we weren't home. They had 4 space heaters which they plugged in and ran when nobody was home, throughout the night, and cranked up on high when they where home. Once they were gone we saw our bill drop dramatically back to their pre-move in levels.