The power company bills by kilowatt hours. So if the heater draws 3000 watts, that is 3 kilowatts an hour. The fun part will be finding out what the local power company charges for a KWH. It is in the bill you receive each month. Usually somewhere between 7 and 20 cents per hour. ----- 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]
