Power saving tips and ways to save money!?

Baldy · #1 02-15-2013, 10:34 PM

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Originally Posted by jagermaier

Use LED lights...that will save on your power bill!

+1. i have 160w worth of LEDs that would easily rival 500W of MH plus T5.

reefwars · #2 02-15-2013, 10:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Baldy

+1. i have 160w worth of LEDs that would easily rival 500W of MH plus T5.

im not sure that the savings is all that much , realistically your heaters are going to run alot more now that you have leds,if you run 2 or 3 200w heaters does it save anything?? some savings yes but def not as much as what is led to believe.

Baldy · #3 02-15-2013, 10:45 PM

I would be curious to know the difference in heating. It would be very hard to prove, but i would argue that a small % of the total heat given off is actually absorbed by the water compared to dissipated in the air in the room. this is simply a guess, and like i said, would be difficult to test. the difference between the two without the heat changes is 4.08kwh per day @ $0.085 per kwh (as per my last power bill), is only 10$ a month.

Baldy · #4 02-15-2013, 10:47 PM

I should add that 2 out of the 4 40w drivers i have dont have enough LEDs to run at 100%, and the other 2 are dimmed to 80%. I dont have a par meter yet so i cant say definitively ywhether or not its equivalent to 2x250W MH. the par meter is on its way though

jagermaier · #5 02-15-2013, 10:47 PM

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Originally Posted by reefwars

im not sure that the savings is all that much , realistically your heaters are going to run alot more now that you have leds,if you run 2 or 3 200w heaters does it save anything?? some savings yes but def not as much as what is led to believe.

Good point Denny, but how many people are running chillers as well with their Metal Halides so that kind of counters the whole heater savings aspect

I would still say that led lighting is the biggest power savings for your tank...