How much is your Electric Bill last month ??

[Letsgotothezoo]

Mine was $ 343.....Darn SCE.:bawling:

120 gallon Tank, 6 T5 bulbs, couple of pumps and Chiller
Small Frag tank
Swimming Pool pump
Air Conditioner ON 8 hours a day
2 Refrigerators
1 Mini Refrigerator in the bedroom
1 Computer always on 24 hours

 

[chipcount]

$0....solar panels

 

[Letsgotothezoo]

Solar is great. But it cost a lot upfront and does NOT financially make sense to me.

$0....solar panels

 

[Tangwich]

I just got mine yesterday...

$34 :rock::congrats::top:

It went from $170 to $34, but that's because i'm tankless :bawling::eviltongue::dontknow:

 

[Wes]

just about to pay mine today-- $90. Usually average around 70. 40br with too much equipment, 20 w/sump, 150w halide/70w halide sump, etc, etc. Really try hard not to run the air or let things just run(TV, radio, computers, etc) while we're not around.

 

[philv]

$168.25

 

[Wes]

I just got mine yesterday...

$34 :rock::congrats::top:

It went from $170 to $34, but that's because i'm tankless :bawling::eviltongue::dontknow:

I was just about to start cursing your name...:evil: then I read "tankless"

 

[Tangwich]

I was just about to start cursing your name...:evil: then I read "tankless"

Yeah Wes, the savings are really nice and the extra free time for other projects is great..but i'll be honest and tell you, the enjoyment of having a tank really is worth the money that one has to pay in electricity. Can't wait till I start my next system :fish:

 

[chipcount]

Solar is great. But it cost a lot upfront and does NOT financially make sense to me.

that all depends on what you were paying previously...based on what we were, it made viable sense

 

[reef_doug]

$275. Central AC at 77. No chiller. Tank, dogs, cat and people are happy.

 

[evad1]

$405
edison blooowwwws

 

[kajung2k]

$183.14 --- that was a good month.... This coming month [bill comes out 8/5/09] will probably be $275.00 or so.... uggh...

 

[supmar85]

$0....solar panels

Must be nice...109

 

[sps4mytank]

563.94

3 chillers, 4 tanks, atleast 1500 watts in lighting..
central air...
lcds and plasmas
...energy guzzler

 

[ian anderson]

$176 ac at 71

 

[SteveOhh]

$406.00 but the garage system just came down, so it should be under $150 next month......

 

[Wes]

Yeah Wes, the savings are really nice and the extra free time for other projects is great..but i'll be honest and tell you, the enjoyment of having a tank really is worth the money that one has to pay in electricity. Can't wait till I start my next system :fish:

I can't imagine not having a tank, and luckily enough, my wife puts up with all the crap(and cash) that goes with it...

 

[djrice69]

300 with Central Air

 

[MechaSamurai]

~$90 for electricity AND natural gas with one tank (55g), a chiller that only runs occasionally, gas hot water, fridge in Kitchen + freezer in Garage. I'm in Northern California in a relatively new (2001) home that is 1560sq/ft, we use an evaporative (swamp) cooler to keep it pleasant. A few weekends ago when it was 106* I was outside and looked at our meter vs. our neighbors... We had the tank fully lit and circulating with the evaporative cooler going strong and we were only using about 1/5 what our neighbor was and he wasn't even home.

 

[ZoaFan08]

Bill I paid in June for May was $106.52. The month before it was $275+ so I turned my air off and used fans. I have a 120g and frag tank, all use MH and is 675 watts. This month I am sure it'll be over $200. SCE just did their 20% rate increase...