Electricity cost questions about incubators----110 vrs 220

[hart31]

Here is another way to look at it, at least in our northern climate.

Our primary heat for the house is propane which is at $1.90 per gallon (210 gallons last month). At the current cost of electricity, electric heat is cheaper. The incubator is in the house and is using electricity as a heat source. Heat escaping from the incubator is helping heat the house, meaning a reduction in the propane bill which is greater than the increase in the elctrical bill. So I'm saving money by running the incubator

So maybe I had better get another incubator going!

 

[silkiechicken]

Another way to think about it is that your 220 bator will be "on" half as much as the 110... as to keep the bator warm, you are inserting the same net energy.

 

[chickabator]

So, if you run it for one
hour you use 5KW hour (5000 watt/one hour). With electric rates high ($.19 kw) here,
running our dryer costs $1 per hour. That's a lot if you run it 2 hours a day.

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your electric is cheap compared to ours. Here where I live it is .798 KW. our electric bill doubled in 1 month.
I do know this if I dry my clothes outside in the spring and summer my bill goes down to about 60.00 a month right now it is almost 200 a month I cut back on using the dryer and it went down 50.00 dollars. but I wash and dry clothes everyday at leat 3-4 loads. (kids & hubby fooling with his girls in their coop ) makes alot of dirty clothes and towels

 

[silkiechicken]

Electricity is expensive! Our electricity bill per 2 months is in the 1-2K range... year round due to heating and cooling. What does help out a bit is to hang dry all the clothes and just toss in the dryer for 10 min to fluff them back up.

 

[mdbucks]

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Great the wounds in my back are finally starting to heal and now I have to watch the sky too?

 

[mdbucks]

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If heating with electricity, your bill will be more, but you dont get the 600+ fuel bill, to go with your 250 electric bill.

Regardless of what type of heat you use, gas oil etc...nothing is cheap anymore.

 

[CovenantCreek]

After reading through all the responses, I find it interesting that no one has mentioned that the manufacturers and/or distributors generally state that the 220v units are "available for export", rather than being intended for sale in the US.

Double R adds this little disclaimer regarding the 220v units:

NOTICE REGARDING 220 VOLT INCUBATION AND BROODING EQUIPMENT Due to the vast variety of plugs required for various locations around the world, 220 volt / 50 Hz incubation / brooding may shipped without plugs attached or supplied. It is the buyer's responsibility to supply and connect the appropriate plug for their own location.

Seems like a hassle if you're in the US.​

 

[mdbucks]

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Seems like a hassle if you're in the US.

Its not a hassle for those in the US, because ours come with the plug attached.

 

[PurpleChicken]

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Whoa... Something is way off here.

Propane @ 1.90 per gallon???? That is cheap. Are you sure???
What is your electric KW cost????

1 gallon of propane contains 92000 btu's of heat
1 KW of electricity is 3400 btu's
Electric heat is usually more efficient than propane but it is very rarely cheaper.

I doubt your assumption that propane heat is more expensive than electric heat.
Without knowing your KW rate and the type of heating system you have I
can't be sure.


You are correct about the incubator. It actually is helping heat your house.
Let's do the math:
Assuming your bator is 50 watts then it is producing 170 btus (max) per hour.
(Assuming the heater is always on - It isn't but let's just use this)
After running for 541 hours (22.5 days) your bator causes you to use 1 less
gallon of propane. So, if you set up 200 bators you can heat your house and
feed your town. SOunds good to me.

 

[PurpleChicken]

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Silkie I'm surprised at you. It won't be on half as much it will just be using half the
amperage. Either way a watt is a watt.



If anyone is still following this thread then here it is:

Ohms Law states Wattage = Voltage times Current

So 120 volts @ 1 amp is 120 watts or 240 volts @ .5 amps is still 120 watts.

Wattage is the amount of energy. Voltage is pressure. Amperage (current) is
the amount of electricity flowing through a wire.

Compare it to water. If I double the water pressure to your kitchen sink you
will need to turn the faucet on much less to get the same amount of water
to flow.