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Post by perkins17 on Aug 17, 2021 17:57:22 GMT -5
At 13.31 cents being the average cost per kilowatt, how much does it cost to run a Lortone 33b use per month?
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Post by oregon on Aug 17, 2021 18:06:50 GMT -5
search is your friend, I remember several threads, but here are just two
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Post by jasoninsd on Aug 17, 2021 18:43:13 GMT -5
search is your friend, I remember several threads, but here are just two
My ex-wife asked me something once and I responded: "Google. It's your friend!" She responded back: "Okay, but there's tons of stuff that comes up for "it's your friend"!" I had no further response! LOL
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Post by Rockindad on Aug 17, 2021 18:57:09 GMT -5
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Post by perkins17 on Aug 17, 2021 19:05:58 GMT -5
Thanks! Alright. Not super concerned just curious and making sure I wasn't adding a ton.
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Post by rmf on Aug 17, 2021 20:18:32 GMT -5
The motor for a 3A use to be 75 watts. The Lortone catalog does not list the wattage. Look on the motor.
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Wooferhound
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Post by Wooferhound on Aug 17, 2021 21:13:19 GMT -5
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Post by quartzilla on Aug 17, 2021 22:08:34 GMT -5
search is your friend, I remember several threads, but here are just two
My ex-wife asked me something once and I responded: "Google. It's your friend!" She responded back: "Okay, but there's tons of stuff that comes up for "it's your friend"!" I had no further response! LOL Now we know why she’s your ex😉
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Post by jasoninsd on Aug 17, 2021 22:10:10 GMT -5
My ex-wife asked me something once and I responded: "Google. It's your friend!" She responded back: "Okay, but there's tons of stuff that comes up for "it's your friend"!" I had no further response! LOL Now we know why she’s your ex😉 I knew someone was going to say that! LOL She already was my ex at that point. LOL
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quartzilla
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Post by quartzilla on Aug 17, 2021 22:11:22 GMT -5
Lol. Fastest response I’ve ever seen!
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Post by holajonathan on Aug 17, 2021 23:53:47 GMT -5
At 13.31 cents being the average cost per kilowatt, how much does it cost to run a Lortone 33b use per month? 36 watts x 720 hours per month = About 26 kwh a month, or about $3.46 cents per month, or about $41 per year.
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Wooferhound
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Post by Wooferhound on Aug 18, 2021 6:51:31 GMT -5
My Lortone 3A Tumbler uses 25 watts of electricity, The QT66 uses 52 watts for a total of 77 watts for both machines. Around here electricity cost about 10 cents per kilowatthour (KWH). So it takes 13 hours using 77 watts to use 10 cents of power.
1 hour = .077 KWH = .8 cents 1 day = 1.85 KWH = 18.5 cents 1 week = 12.95 KWH = $1.30 1 month 31 days = 57.35 KWH = $5.74 1 year = 675.25 KWH = $67.53
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Post by holajonathan on Aug 18, 2021 12:19:22 GMT -5
My Lortone 3A Tumbler uses 25 watts of electricity, The QT66 uses 52 watts for a total of 77 watts for both machines. Around here electricity cost about 10 cents per kilowatthour (KWH). So it takes 13 hours using 77 watts to use 10 cents of power. 1 hour = .077 KWH = .8 cents 1 day = 1.85 KWH = 18.5 cents 1 week = 12.95 KWH = $1.30 1 month 31 days = 57.35 KWH = $5.74 1 year = 675.25 KWH = $67.53 10 cents per kwh? Must be nice. 19 cents per kwh here in Michigan. So my Thumbler's model B (around 100w costs) 1 day = 2.4 KWH = 45.6 cents 1 week = 16.8 KWH = $3.19 1 month 31 days = 74.4 KWH = $14.14 1 year = 876 KWH = $166.44My Covington triple barrel uses about 230 watts, so $381 per year. I have two high speed Thumbler's model B clones which use 150w. $250 each per year. I have a Lot-O single barrel and Lot-O double barrel vibe. Each uses about 107 watts = 2.59 kwh per day = 945 kwh per year = $179.55 each per year. I have a bunch of National Geographic 3 pound tumblers that use 10w (small DC motor) = 0.24 kwh per day = 87.6 kwh per year = $16.64 each per year.I do not run all of these tumblers all the time, but I am easily spending $800 a year in electricity on rock tumblers.
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Post by parfive on Aug 18, 2021 12:41:02 GMT -5
Divide monthly bill by kWh.
Might as well use actual cost in calcs.
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Post by perkins17 on Aug 18, 2021 13:22:14 GMT -5
My Lortone 3A Tumbler uses 25 watts of electricity, The QT66 uses 52 watts for a total of 77 watts for both machines. Around here electricity cost about 10 cents per kilowatthour (KWH). So it takes 13 hours using 77 watts to use 10 cents of power. 1 hour = .077 KWH = .8 cents 1 day = 1.85 KWH = 18.5 cents 1 week = 12.95 KWH = $1.30 1 month 31 days = 57.35 KWH = $5.74 1 year = 675.25 KWH = $67.53 10 cents per kwh? Must be nice. 19 cents per kwh here in Michigan. So my Thumbler's model B (around 100w costs) 1 day = 2.4 KWH = 45.6 cents 1 week = 16.8 KWH = $3.19 1 month 31 days = 74.4 KWH = $14.14 1 year = 876 KWH = $166.44My Covington triple barrel uses about 230 watts, so $381 per year. I have two high speed Thumbler's model B clones which use 150w. $250 each per year. I have a Lot-O single barrel and Lot-O double barrel vibe. Each uses about 107 watts = 2.59 kwh per day = 945 kwh per year = $179.55 each per year. I have a bunch of National Geographic 3 pound tumblers that use 10w (small DC motor) = 0.24 kwh per day = 87.6 kwh per year = $16.64 each per year.I do not run all of these tumblers all the time, but I am easily spending $800 a year in electricity on rock tumblers. Wow! That is a lot! I don't have large tumblers (yet) so hopefully it won't cost that much!
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Post by holajonathan on Aug 18, 2021 19:03:26 GMT -5
parfive That's why I did. $276 / 1454 khw = $0.189 per kwh
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Post by Rockindad on Aug 18, 2021 19:04:25 GMT -5
Two Thumler's Model B's running 24/7/365 Lortone QT-66 running 24/7/365 Thumler AR-2 running 24/7/180+/- Two lb. National Geographic running 24/7/180+/- Thumler's UV-10 running 24/7/330+ Lot-O running 24/7/365, new to the lineup but think it will be running pretty much full-time + 7" tile saw, 10" tile saw, Lortone Lu6X-130
Equals a lot of juice=$$$
.....and we're not done yet. Hoping to add a homemade cabbing machine within the year, then a proper slab saw, then.... What this equation does not take into account is how much joy is derived from the investment. In our case it is not even close as we have thoroughly enjoyed this hobby. Obviously everyone is going to have a limit on what they are willing to spend and this has been a very expensive endeavor, but it has been well worth it.
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Post by parfive on Aug 18, 2021 20:40:42 GMT -5
holajonathan I was looking at Woofer’s ten-cent rate when I posted. My “advertised” generation rate just dropped from $0.08391 to $0.07003 last month but another seven line items on the bill jack it up to about 24.7¢/kWh.
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Post by holajonathan on Aug 18, 2021 21:22:30 GMT -5
holajonathan I was looking at Woofer’s ten-cent rate when I posted. My “advertised” generation rate just dropped from $0.08391 to $0.07003 last month but another seven line items on the bill jack it up to about 24.7¢/kWh. Wow, you must live in California or NY. I've seen the same with my natural gas bill. About a third of what I pay is the cost of the gas. The other two thirds is an array murky fees. My favorites? A fee to pay for efforts to get people to use less energy. I pay them to try to get me to buy less of what they want to sell me. Another favorite is a fee to cover losses from people who don't pay their bills during the "winter moratorium" a 5 month period during which the gas company is prohibited from shutting off service for non-payment. Then there's the fee to pay for the disassembly of a 1950s era nuclear power plant... a fee to pay for windmills... a fee to pay for the tax credits for energy saving home improvements ... and of course, 6% sales tax on the whole bill, including the fees.
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Post by waterboysh on Aug 23, 2021 10:43:30 GMT -5
When I take my total cost and divide it by kWh used, I pay about $0.145 per kWh. I do have solar panels though so I'm always in the lowest tier of energy usage. I started off in March with just a 33B. I'm pretty sure the whole month of April I just had the 33B running and it looks like it used about 41kWh. Then in May I added a QT6 and then in June (or maybe late May) I added a 3A (to run my dedicated polish barrel). But I haven't change anything since. In June I used 65kWh and in July it was 67kWh. Based on that, the $110 yearly estimated cost seems pretty accurate. I see an estimate of 761kWh per year. All 3 tumblers combined are consuming 95W of power right now, which interestingly changes at night when it's not as hot in the garage. At night they consume about 90W.
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