Cost of Running Our Reef

[fkshiu]

It's called a "Kill-a-Watt". Cool little device I'm looking at getting too.

[Bob I]

Originally Posted by fkshiu

It's called a "Kill-a-Watt". Cool little device I'm looking at getting too.

My Kill-a-watt only shows how much power I am using. It has no function for inputting cost per KW.

[Tarolisol]

Well the cost per kilo watt is about 8cents, so its pretty easy to figure out without teh device, but will take a little more math.

[Bob I]

Originally Posted by Tarolisol

Well the cost per kilo watt is about 8cents, so its pretty easy to figure out without teh device, but will take a little more math.

That is not my point. Beverly stated that you program in your cost per KW. Then someone said the device is called a Kill-a-watt. I then said that my Kill-a-watt does not have a function for inputting the cost per Kilowatt. In addition you cannot figure out how much you are using just by reading the rating on a device. As an example a MH lamp that says it is 400W uses quite a bit more power because of losses in a ballast. In that respect the Kill-a-watt is a neat device because it tells you what you are using at any given moment.

[WWWD]

They probably have the UPM Em100 unit that you can get from canadian tire. It's very similar to a Kill-a-watt but you can include pricing features. The bonus is you don't have to deal with shady ebay scammers that charge 25 dollars shipping.



http://www.canadiantire.ca/assortmen...romSearch=true

[EmilyB]

We are paying around $200 for power (winter eeek).

[Pescador]

How about $531 gas included in a townhouse style condo?

[Beverly]

Originally Posted by WWWD

They probably have the UPM Em100 unit that you can get from canadian tire.



http://www.canadiantire.ca/assortmen...romSearch=true

Yup! That's the one. Bought at Canadian Tire. Got the Canadian Tire money to prove it