I was wondering how much would my electricity bill will go up if I use a filter, lights and a heater for my fish tank?
2006-12-23 09:39:22 · 5 answers · asked by Carlito 2 in Pets ➔ Fish
Let's say I use everything for 24 hours a day. My lights have 15 watts each and I have 2 lights. My heater has 50 watts and I don't know about the filter. But can you average the price.
2006-12-23 10:24:44 · update #1
Oh and it's a 10 gallon tank.
2006-12-23 10:25:04 · update #2
OK, this is math question here, sounds like fun:
Electric companies charge by the Kilowatt and there are 1000 watts in a Kilowatt.
Lights = 30 watts
Heater= 50 watts
Filter (averaged) = 20 watts
Total = 100 watts
100 watts x 24 hours x 30 days = 72,000 watts or 72 kWh
My electric company charges me (check your bill) .04563 per kwh
So this would be $3.29 per month
Hope this helps
2006-12-23 11:04:14 · answer #1 · answered by Carl Strohmeyer 5 · 4⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-28 06:07:55 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
you can figure out the $$$... i can tell you the wattage they take up.
of course, this all depends on tank size, light size, heater size...
i'll just use what i have as an example.
light 20 watts for 8-12 hours/day
heater 160 watts for 1 hours/day
filter maybe 15 watts for 24 hours/day
2006-12-23 10:07:29 · answer #3 · answered by professorminh 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well I have a few tanks and to be honest it has not meade a massive difference- bill would have been about $200 per 3 months not its more like $260 per 3 months, that being said I do have a huge 7x2x2 and about 7 other 2-3ft sized tanks aswell.
2006-12-23 10:01:50 · answer #4 · answered by mclaren d 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A heck of a lot less than it would cost to replace all of your fish if they die from inadequate conditions.
Really, if the cost of electricity is that much of a problem, you really shouldn't have fish. Medications for when they get sick are going to cost a lot more than a month's worth of electricity.
2006-12-23 17:33:23 · answer #5 · answered by birdistasty 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋