Power consumption analysis

Caesra · 02/03/2011, 11:57 PM

I know many of us have many different setups, but I wonder has anyone sat down and tried to break out how much power they use for what functions in their reefs?

If so, could you share?

flyyyguy · 02/04/2011, 12:37 AM

http://www.reefcentral.com/index.php/tank-electrical

TheFishMan65 · 02/04/2011, 06:21 AM

There was also a thread done by Garage when he went to LEDs. If you are interested let me know and I will see if I can find it.

nyvp · 02/04/2011, 07:33 AM

when i built my 560/g i used a meter on everything and before buying anything. I used only 550/w for flow, skimmer and life support and 1600 on lighting. Made a big difference on my E- bill.

luisgo · 02/04/2011, 09:09 AM

Check this post where I analyzed the cost of individual equipments with a kill-a-watt.

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/sh...light=kilowatt

Garage1217 · 02/04/2011, 10:51 AM

Here are two versions depending on what version of office you have... You can use this to analogize pretty much all aspects of your aquarium or other items. By simply changing run time and so forth it will auto calculate your costs from hourly, daily, monthly, yearly and so forth. And yes, it is dead on accurate

The only thing it cannot account for is variables of heater usage which is a big factor. That is where a kilowatt comes in.
For office 03
http://www.garage1217.com/AQUARIUMCO...CULATOR2.1.xls

For office 07+
http://www.garage1217.com/AQUARIUMCO...LCOSTCALC.xlsx

02/03/2011, 11:57 PM	#1
Caesra Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Rockford, IL Posts: 249	Power consumption analysis I know many of us have many different setups, but I wonder has anyone sat down and tried to break out how much power they use for what functions in their reefs? If so, could you share?

02/04/2011, 12:37 AM	#2
flyyyguy King of the white corals Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,239	http://www.reefcentral.com/index.php/tank-electrical __________________ I like holding hands, snuggling, and long walks on the beach

02/04/2011, 09:09 AM	#5
luisgo Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Puerto Rico Posts: 628	Check this post where I analyzed the cost of individual equipments with a kill-a-watt. http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/sh...light=kilowatt __________________ Tank of the Month Reefkeeping Magazine 11/2008 Current Tank Info: Reef 125 gal, Aquapod 12gal, 55 planted

02/04/2011, 10:51 AM	#6
Garage1217 GET OFF MY LAWN Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Globally Posts: 5,863	Here are two versions depending on what version of office you have... You can use this to analogize pretty much all aspects of your aquarium or other items. By simply changing run time and so forth it will auto calculate your costs from hourly, daily, monthly, yearly and so forth. And yes, it is dead on accurate The only thing it cannot account for is variables of heater usage which is a big factor. That is where a kilowatt comes in. For office 03 http://www.garage1217.com/AQUARIUMCO...CULATOR2.1.xls For office 07+ http://www.garage1217.com/AQUARIUMCO...LCOSTCALC.xlsx __________________ No great genius has ever existed without some touch of madness ~ Aristotle If we knew what it was we were doing, it would not be called research, would it? ~ Albert Einstein I'm just as bent as ever. Hellishly so ~ Captain Jack Sparrow Current Tank Info: Systems and goodies by Lee-Mar / Coralvue / Neptune Systems / Jager / Spectrapure / Cree / Meanwell + more! Last edited by Garage1217; 02/04/2011 at 10:57 AM.

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