INCREASE in ELECTRIC BILL by alot..

[Jameshong]

hi all, i just changed to a 4'2'2 ft tank, and just receive the bill, the bill went up by $150 which is double my normal monthly bill, is it normal? is there anyway to reduce cost? thanks

use this Tank Electric Calc to cal your bill

[albinosage]

I doubt you ever do your planning well in your upgrade..haiz

Hehehe... I was puzzled at first as well - upgrade to double the tank volume, then why so surprised that electric bills double?

[dachkie]

what kind of livestocks are you keeping? if you were previously not using chiller so i supos you are not keeping corals previously,

if you want to cut down on ur bill then do not keep corals at all, you will find them sucky more of your money as u will need more and more equipments and all of them draw electricity irregardless of brands , and without corals u can stop using chiller and use fans instead.

Leave the more sensitive livestocks until you are more experience and have the money to support the hobby which can be extremely costly

[beast13]

Hehehe... I was puzzled at first as well - upgrade to double the tank volume, then why so surprised that electric bills double?

maybe RMS ba..

[beast13]

what kind of livestocks are you keeping? if you were previously not using chiller so i supos you are not keeping corals previously,

if you want to cut down on ur bill then do not keep corals at all, you will find them sucky more of your money as u will need more and more equipments and all of them draw electricity irregardless of brands , and without corals u can stop using chiller and use fans instead.

Leave the more sensitive livestocks until you are more experience and have the money to support the hobby which can be extremely costly

ya bro..i agreed on your point of view..

[sanjaypills55]

I dont know how u guys calculated...but this is how i calculate

If the tarrif is $0.1928 per Kilowatt

If a 50 W pump runs for 24 hours

=50W X 24Hrs X 30 Days

=36000W

=36 KW

So 36KW X 0.1928

SGD 6.94 would be the amount u will spend on electricity only for the pump.

Hope this helps

[albinosage]

SGD 6.94 would be the amount u will spend on electricity only for the pump.

That's the figure I got too, figure is diff cos I calculated for 2 pumps which the threadstarter said he was running