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Old 11-17-2010, 09:21 PM
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Originally Posted by daniella3d View Post
Gee wizz..how much do you pay per kilowatt per hour? Here it's 7 cents. Surely not 40$ per month and why do you have to run it 12 hours??!!!

That'S way too much I think.
Based on $0.08/kWh and that most 400W ballasts out there run closer to 500W a piece. So 1500W x 12hours = 18kWh x 30.4 (average days per month) = 547.2kWh x $0.08 = $43.78
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