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Amps

Post by elly_bananas » Mon Nov 13, 2017 7:45 pm

Wondering if anyone knows how many Amps a 6x23 ultratherm puts out....? Just curious.

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Re: Amps

Post by wodesorel » Tue Nov 14, 2017 3:06 am

I've never heard of anyone discussing these in amps before. This size is 15 watts if that helps any.
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Re: Amps

Post by elly_bananas » Wed Nov 15, 2017 11:33 pm

wodesorel wrote:I've never heard of anyone discussing these in amps before. This size is 15 watts if that helps any.
Yea I did see that. Just trying to prove a point to my husband. Lol. I know, it's cliché, but he says our electric bill jumped up because of it lol. (Place eye roll here) I say thats ridiculous. Haha
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Post by wodesorel » Thu Nov 16, 2017 12:36 am

Yep, you just need the watts for that and a calculator like this one:

https://www.aqua-calc.com/calculate/electricity-cost

Look at your electric bill to find out how much your kwh price is. It can fluctuate a lot depending on where you live. Here it is 6 cents, so that UTH would cost 66 cents a month to run.

If you are trying to track down what might be costing more, look into a device called Kill-a-Watt, it plugs between the plug and the wall and tells you how much energy is being used in real time.
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Re: Amps

Post by elly_bananas » Fri Nov 24, 2017 3:27 pm

wodesorel wrote:Yep, you just need the watts for that and a calculator like this one:

https://www.aqua-calc.com/calculate/electricity-cost

Look at your electric bill to find out how much your kwh price is. It can fluctuate a lot depending on where you live. Here it is 6 cents, so that UTH would cost 66 cents a month to run.

If you are trying to track down what might be costing more, look into a device called Kill-a-Watt, it plugs between the plug and the wall and tells you how much energy is being used in real time.
Hey! That plug seems handy! Thanks! I'll look into that!

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Re: Amps

Post by wodesorel » Fri Nov 24, 2017 3:39 pm

We got one years ago when my other half was blaming my fish tank for a spike in the bill. The tank was less than $3 a month - it turned out to be his PC that was eating the electricity!
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