How many watts does each strand draw? I am curious how much electric 6 strands would cost, 4 hours a day for 1 month. Thanks
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If you are concerned with the cost to operate these lights, you might want to look into LED icicle lights, as they draw almost no power. We have 50-60 strands of these, plus thousands of other lights and our power bill increases by around $150 for the month that we have them lit. Ours stay on for 8-12 hours/day. I saw almost no additional increase last year when I added 15 sets of LED net lights. Sorry that I didn't have a specific answer to your question, but I hope that some of my info helps.
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I don't know how many amps the motor is, but based on the sound, it's not much. If I had to guess based on our electric costs, you're paying pennies a day leaving it on for half the day. We actually leave both of ours on for about 12 hours at night, and about 3 hours during the day in naptimes. We've noticed no difference in electric bills.
742779
This system draws very little electricity. The only electrical parts are a small timer & pump. You're talking maybe 1 amp or so... Thanks & hope this helps! Please remember to shop with Healthy Harvest Florida ;)
50650
Multiplying the number of feet in the cable times watts/foot will give the total number of watts used by the heating cable. Example: 100 ft X 6 watts per linear foot = 600 watts. If this is for a period of one hour, the cable would use 600 watts in one hour. This number can be used for different things. The number of watts used tells you whether or not the circuit you are using will handle the heating cable. This number can also be used in calculating the cost of using the cable. The utility company invoice will likely provide the cost of a killowatt hour (1000 watts used in one hour).
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I used a kill-a-watt to measure how much power is used. I'm assuming a worst case scenario of 24hrs a day operation and a power cost of 10 cents per kwh. In the fan high mode, the unit uses 65watts. 65watts x 24hrs=1560 watts /1000= 1.56kwh x .10= 15.6 cents per day 1.56kwh x 30=46.8kwh x .10= $4.68 per month 46.8kwh x 12=561.6kwh x .10= $56.16 per year Keep in mind that your unit will probably never run anywhere near 24hrs a day so cost will be lower. Mine ran non-stop for 2-3 days and now it cycles on and off on low to easily maintain 40% humidity for 2100 sqft. For those interested, the unit draws 55 watts on medium, and 45 watts on low.
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I'm running one set on a 1A adapter, but now that I think about it I'm not sure I believe the 60mA rating is for the entire strand. LEDs average 20-30mA apiece, so I think it's 60mA per 3-LED block. So the entire strand would be 1200mA/1.2A and I'm overloading the adapter I'm using. I'd look for a 3A like "E-Goal DC 12V 3A Switching Power Supply Adapter For 110V- 240V AC 50/60Hz"
1996704
You use alot less power.I have a 1000, 600, 400 and my bill went up only 50$ a month versis old school ballast it would b 150$ more a month
789707
The last two answers are good. What is the wattage draw of your hair straightener (or whatever electrical appliance you want to use)? Does it exceed the capabilities of the converter? Actually you should allow a 10% safety factor. So if the converter was rated at 1,000 watts don't use anything that draws more than 900 watts.
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From my understanding 7.2 watts per ten modules. 20 sets of ten modules is 200 modules. Which mathematically needs 144 watts. I'm not an electrician but you might lose some brightness if you plan to string them all together. I've read about an amp you can wire in after so many strings but can no longer find that literature. -I'm not an electrician but hope that helps.
975613
You can get a bigger transformer for more strands. The 16' strands take 25 watts each. You can only hook two strands end to end so you will need to run additional wires.
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I will look at it but its 7.5 amps so your never going to flip a light duty 15amp breaker. Provided its the only signifcant draw on the circut. Ive run it extensivly from a celing basement light fixture incandessent 800lumins standard 60w replacement and a stereo off that circut with no problems. Not a great idea but i was literaly in a coal chamber of my 100+yr. House. 20amp gcfi i installed was using my radial saw on and a lot of back and forth. Kinda a ramble but point being any problem on performance. If you want watts its circut amp current multiplied by volts 120v in this case. Amps are probably more relavant for a power tool. 3000rpm. This and a Ridged imlact wrench almost cover all my needs. Good build.
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Yes /plus kwh or unit cost per day, week, or month. I would recommend. I have 1 on my 5th wheel and it is just what I wanted. The customber can,t cheat you with the amount of electric you use, or they use. if the meter. I brought the the meter that you set .8C or any amount plus cent or amount, that will give you a true amount of cost once you set it. You will get a actuit KWH total cost that they pay or you pay. I have my unit set weekly, it let you know what week it is (25-26-27-28 etc)... You won't be sorry! Tom D
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I looked on this site & see that a string of these lights is $4.34 plus s/h of .49 cents; total is $4.83. I bought some online a year or so ago, don't remember who the seller was. It seems to me that they were around $2 per string. I stored them somewhere in the basement and cannot find them now that Christmas is upon us!
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I used a kill-a-watt to measure how much power is used. I'm assuming a worst case scenario of 24hrs a day operation and a power cost of 10 cents per kwh.In the fan high mode, the unit uses 65watts. 65watts x 24hrs=1560 watts /1000= 1.56kwh x .10= 15.6 cents per day1.56kwh x 30=46.8kwh x .10= $4.68 per month46.8kwh x 12=561.6kwh x .10= $56.16 per yearKeep in mind that your unit will probably never run anywhere near 24hrs a day so cost will be lower. Mine ran non-stop for 2-3 days and now it cycles on and off on low to easily maintain 40% humidity for 2100 sqft. For those interested, the unit draws 55 watts on medium, and 45 watts on low. I used a kill-a-watt to measure how much power is used. I'm assuming a worst case scenario of 24hrs a day operation and a power cost of 10 cents per kwh.In the fan high mode, the unit uses 65watts. 65watts x 24hrs=1560 watts /1000= 1.56kwh x .10= 15.6 cents per day1.56kwh x 30=46.8kwh x .10= $4.68 per month46.8kwh x 12=561.6kwh x .10= $56.16 per yearKeep in mind that your unit will probably never run anywhere near 24hrs a day so cost will be lower. Mine ran non-stop for 2-3 days and now it cycles on and off on low to easily maintain 40% humidity for... » Read More I used a kill-a-watt to measure how much power is used. I'm assuming a worst case scenario of 24hrs a day operation and a power cost of 10 cents per kwh.In the fan high mode, the unit uses 65watts. 65watts x 24hrs=1560 watts /1000= 1.56kwh x .10= 15.6 cents per day1.56kwh x 30=46.8kwh x .10= $4.68 per month46.8kwh x 12=561.6kwh x .10= $56.16 per yearKeep in mind that your unit will probably never run anywhere near 24hrs a day so cost will be lower. Mine ran non-stop for 2-3 days and now it cycles on and off on low to easily maintain 40% humidity for 2100 sqft. For those interested, the unit draws 55 watts on medium, and 45 watts on low. « Show Less
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LXF: My previous response was incorrect: The rating label reads 55 WATTS, not Amps! Here is the corrected version: Your electric bill will increase as follows: The rating label on the unit says it draws 55 Watts (maximum) @ 120VAC. Running the unit for 24 hrs per day: = 55W x 24 hours = 1320 Watt-hrs (Wh) per day. Running it 24/7 : = 1320Wh per day x 365days /year = 481800 Watt-hrs/1000 = 481 KWh per year. Multiply 481 by the price you pay per (KWh) from your local utility (found on your monthly billing statement). For example: If you pay $0.23 per KWh, then $0.23 x 481 KWh = your cost to run the unit 24/7 = $110.81 per year, or $110.81/12 = $9.24 per month, or 0.30 per day. Apologies for any confusion.
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You may not have big enough power supply, I'm using an old computer power supply that's I've modified to put out full current continuously, but you may also just want to add another repeater too which may cure your problem also, I'm using 2 repeaters and have 1 1/2 strands on each and have no problems yet and run them for 8-10 hours at a time, but you need plenty of power for them.
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UHM Are you sure you need that much power in 1 month? I use 300kWh at most at my house. Assuming you mean average over a year and not 2,400kWh worse case, you would need around a 25kW array. This also assumes the system is facing south and not obstructed by trees. This is a large system and you would need 174 panels. Typically a residence has around a 5kW array so yours would be 5 times larger.