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Reefing newb
Someone plese tell me that this is wrong. Here in Clovis CA where I live we pay $0.21 per KWH (keliwatt hour) for electricty. Well theres 1000 watts in 1 KW. Metal Halides are 400 watts each and I would need to run 2, so thats 800 watts. So 1000 divided by 800 is 1.25. So thats 1.25 KW for both lights. 1.25 mutiplied by $0.21 is $0.26 per hour mutiplied by 8 hours a day is $2.10 a day. $2.10 mutiplied by 30 days in a month is $63.00 a month just to run the lights. This is not couting what it takes to run the sump, protein skimmer, uv sterilizer, light timer, return pump, heater or powerheads. Did I do something backwards or is this really right cause $63 seems alot just to run the lights 8 hours a day, not counting how much more its going to cost to run everything else that needs to run 24 hours a day.
Please let me know as my dreams of having a saltwater tank just died I think.
Please let me know as my dreams of having a saltwater tank just died I think.