Electrical bill for chiller on 5ft

[ciscube]

hi,

anyone using chiller on 5ft? may i know how much is the increase in the bills and what brand of the chiller that u used? thanks. getting fed up with the ever changing weather.

p.s.: don't ask me to based on the wattage to calculate. i wish to have a more practical figure.

[mad scientist]

It's a bit difficult to calculate the usage of a chiller anyway cos the temperature is regulated by a thermostat that in turn switches the chiller on and off periodically. The frequency of this regulation process is in turn determined by the difference between the desired temperature and the ambient (surrounding) temperature. If the temperature difference is great, your chiller would have to work harder (more frequently to be exact) to get the tank cool.

[ciscube]

yep, that's why i wished to base the cost on the "real life", rather than calculation which most forumers would ask me to do if i don't state before hand :wink:

[mad scientist]

Well, it's better to overestimate, by assuming that the chiller is on the whole time isn't it? lol

At least you would heave a sigh of relief rather than gasp in shock when you see that the figure of the bill is lesser than what you had (over)expected. haha

[silane]

There is no use for forumer to give you real life figure, case is different from one another, water volume, pump flow, glass thickness, room temperature, aeration, ways of water return, length of hose, lamp, powerhead, filters...all these make a different,

However, you can assume you buy a over powered chiller for a 5ft and the compressor turn on at most 20min per hour.

[mad scientist]

There is no use for forumer to give you real life figure, case is different from one another, water volume, pump flow, glass thickness, room temperature, aeration, ways of water return, length of hose, lamp, powerhead, filters...all these make a different,



Agree. Chillers of different make and horsepower also have different efficiencies in cooling down a tank.


However, you can assume you buy a over powered chiller for a 5ft and the compressor turn on at most 20min per hour.


So a chiller is running 1/3 of the time it is on? hmm..... that's quite long... :scratch:

[silane]

The energy consuming part is when the compressor and radiating fan are on, without compressor/fan on, it is just some simple eletronics that take insignificant energy.

I think 1/3 is good to use for electricity bill calculation, will be a nice suprise when the bill come lower. For my case, compressor runs for just 3 to 10 mins, I estimate.

[ciscube]

hi blenny,

is it possible for you to release the amount for your case and the brand you are using? Just a rough figure is ok. thanks,