Power usage questions

[asylumdown]

Originally Posted by Tom R

I bought mine from Canadian Tire however I no longer find them in a search of products available. They were in the electrical area next to the electronic thermostats.

I am currently analyzing the savings made by changing over to LEDs from MH. The electricity saved by using LEDs is somewhat offset by an increase in heating costs.

Tom R

Yah, my suspicion is that my heaters have been coming on a lot. The billing period was Dec. 20 to Jan. 23, when our house was the coldest. That's why I was wondering if the apex could tell me how often an outlet is switched on.

Calculating the wattage, assuming at 75% my LEDs are drawing around ~100-101 watts, I've got around 800 watts of led light over a 275 gallon tank at peak hours. No wonder I can't keep low light LPS. I might decommission a couple Radions.

[Tom R]

In BC our upper marginal rate for electricity is .102 per KWH, so I can load that rate into the device and it will tell you not only how much power was used but also how much it cost in a given period of time.

I have found this device very useful.

Tom R

[ckmullin]

http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/sho...547#post794547

same thing. free with canuck bucks lol (glad locked into the .07c kwh!)