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Posted	t5 lights
27-05-2007 09:52 by nemo1000	are t5 lights expencive to run or not i have 2 deltec units on my 5ft tank
27-05-2007 10:02 by Linda Chenapa	we were told by lfs they are cheaper than t8 units and put out more light for the power used.
27-05-2007 11:50 by nemo1000	so what uses the most elec on a marine tank
27-05-2007 12:37 by jonie	metal halides, cost a bomb to run more than t8/12/5
27-05-2007 13:15 by nemo1000	i dont have those on my tank all it is is the other day we got our elec bill 570.00 pounds it was compared to 150.00 and hubby is convinced it is the marine tank
27-05-2007 19:59 by JOHANSWAN	impossible no way marinestank use that much power get another reading or your meter tested
28-05-2007 20:11 by Ste	Have you recently changed to Npower via a bloke that knocked your door. Cos i changed my supplier and my bill doubled over night . then i realised N power charge 15p a unit. high rate and 11p low rate where as everybody else charges 8-9p.
28-05-2007 20:17 by Ste	but it could be your tank work out your watts , electric is charged by the kilo watt per hour. so if you have 250watt halide X 2 = 500watts an hour 2 56 watt t5s =110 watt 2 300liter pumps = 160watt and 2 300 watt heaters =600 watts 1380watts (assuming heaters are on all the time) Thats 1.38 kilowatts an hour x by your normal rate .. for example 1.38 X 11 = 15.18p an hour . this is an example of how things add up i hope it helps
29-05-2007 07:18 by nemo1000	we are with npower as well

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