They charge by the kilowatt hour. Each hour the heater runs it consumes 3 kilowatt hours. Of course when the thermostat is satisfied it turns off and draws no kilowatts. Here I believe we pay 4.5 cents per KWh so it would cost me 15 cents an hour. Last night it went down to minus 34C with a high this afternoon of 25C so I expect a heater like that would cost me about $3.24 per day but 3 KWh wouldn't heat much under these conditions.
----- Original Message ----- From: Terry Klarich To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com ; Max Robinson Sent: Friday, January 16, 2009 11:05 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] quartz infrared heaters I always assumed our charges from the power company was based on amp hours rather than power. I don't pretend to be an electrician. Nor, did I play one on TV. I didn't even stay in a holiday Inn last night. We'll see what it does to my electric bill. :) Terry On Fri, 16 Jan 2009 21:10:51 -0600you write: > >It uses the same number of amps but the voltage is doubled. That gives >twice the power as the spects say, 1500 watts versus 3000 watts. It will >give twice the heat but in very cold weather when the thermostat is not >cycling, it will cost you twice as much to run. > >Regards. > >Max. K 4 O D S. > >Email: m...@maxsmusicplace.com > >Transistor site http://www.funwithtransistors.net >Vacuum tube site: http://www.funwithtubes.net >Music site: http://www.maxsmusicplace.com > >To subscribe to the fun with tubes group send an email to, >funwithtubes-subscr...@yahoogroups.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
