flyguyscott Posted January 28, 2010 Report Share Posted January 28, 2010 I forgot to put the cover back on the tub the other night and found it wide open in the morning (thankfully I let the dog out the back door instead of the front). I'm not worried, but out of curiosity how much do you think this type of mistake would cost? It's a 7', 1640L Arctic Glacier with the temperature set to maintain at 39 degrees C (which it was in the morning). I'd say the agerage outisde temperature overnight was around -1 C. Our general cost for electricity per KWh with all the extra "fees" is around $0.145 / KWh. A followup to this question is about how much it costs to heat up the water when re-filling the tub. When I filled the tub last, I think the temp said it was 10 degrees C out of the hose. It could have been 15 but I don't remember. Thanks for appeasing my curiosity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikey_in_NY Posted January 28, 2010 Report Share Posted January 28, 2010 I forgot to put the cover back on the tub the other night and found it wide open in the morning (thankfully I let the dog out the back door instead of the front). I'm not worried, but out of curiosity how much do you think this type of mistake would cost? It's a 7', 1640L Arctic Glacier with the temperature set to maintain at 39 degrees C (which it was in the morning). I'd say the agerage outisde temperature overnight was around -1 C. Our general cost for electricity per KWh with all the extra "fees" is around $0.145 / KWh. A followup to this question is about how much it costs to heat up the water when re-filling the tub. When I filled the tub last, I think the temp said it was 10 degrees C out of the hose. It could have been 15 but I don't remember. Thanks for appeasing my curiosity. Using my own 530 gallon tub as a basis it will take about 11 hours to get from 10c to 39c with a 5.5KW heater. 5.5KW x 11 hours = 60.5kwh 60.5kwh x $0.145 = $8.77 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyguyscott Posted January 29, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 29, 2010 Cool, I didn't think of it that easily. I've never timed it but I think our tub comes up to temperature a little quicker. It is a smaller tub as well. That's actually pretty good, I thought it would cost a lot more to heat up the tub. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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