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I think Christian79 has the best answer. You are not in a room with just a printer, as he states you have the lights on, maybe a second printer, computers, etc.Christian79 wrote:LOL its not your printer……
1) Assuming you have the 450W power supply which is .450kW
2) Assuming you ran the printer balls to the wall full speed with the heat at 100% consuming the full .450kW (which you are not doing, I promise!)
3) Assuming you ran the printer 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year (8760 hours)…….
4) Finally assuming that you pay around $.10/kWh for your electricity which is a bit high in the states….
You have………. .450 * 8760 * .10 = $394.2/year to run the printer balls out……..
It is NOT your printer causing your bill to double……. However if you are like most of us I bet you are now in the room with the printer with several lights turned on to watch it along with at least one if not two computers….. now that can start to add up….
I may be wrong, but I imagine that using an enclosure can actually decrease the amount of electricity used. It will not be much of a difference for the electric bill, but it should make a bigger difference in print quality.Eaglezsoar wrote:I have also noticed an increase in the electric bill. You asked what can be done to lower the printers consumption and there can only be one answer, don't use it as much.
I know that you didn't want to hear that but it is the only way.
That enclosure was done by bubbasnow and is here: http://forum.seemecnc.com/viewtopic.php?f=41&t=3885" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;nathanstenzel wrote:I may be wrong, but I imagine that using an enclosure can actually decrease the amount of electricity used. It will not be much of a difference for the electric bill, but it should make a bigger difference in print quality.Eaglezsoar wrote:I have also noticed an increase in the electric bill. You asked what can be done to lower the printers consumption and there can only be one answer, don't use it as much.
I know that you didn't want to hear that but it is the only way.
I really want to try out the encloser that I saw seemecnc repost on facebook. I don't remember who did it and it is not a perfect enclosure, but it is surely better than my less than 1 foot of aluminum foil around the base of my rostock max.
If you use that space heater a lot, that could be a significant part of the increased kwh on your bill. Those things can really increase your electric usage if used a lot.AndThenSome09 wrote:Yeah, well it looks like it is time for me to investigate my light bill further because there is no reason my bill should go from like 550 kw or whatever it is to well over a thousand in one month! Something is drawing way more power than it is supposed to I suspect. Its probably the space heater with the broken knob where you would be able to choose low, med, or high. Ill probably never figure it out though, lol. I know my computer with three monitors draws a lot of power but that has always been on all the time so it has to be something that we have just started using. oh well, good to know how much power my Max actually draws though.
Every place I've ever worked the women in the office were always cold and they had those little space heaters. One office must have had 20 space heaters all going at once, I'm glad I didn't have to pay that electric bill.barry99705 wrote:I used to work in an office that had half a dozen of those electrical house incinerators running. The breaker box actually got warm in the winter with them running. We had the heat up to 74 on the cold days, but the chicks all were too cold.I had to replace the front desk computer because her heater blew directly into the front of it. The front thermostat for the office was behind her, so she couldn't turn it around, or it actually got cold in there. It would probably be cheaper to just kick the heat up a couple degrees.
Yea, that sounds about right. HR frowns on you calling them wussies too.Eaglezsoar wrote:Every place I've ever worked the women in the office were always cold and they had those little space heaters. One office must have had 20 space heaters all going at once, I'm glad I didn't have to pay that electric bill.barry99705 wrote:I used to work in an office that had half a dozen of those electrical house incinerators running. The breaker box actually got warm in the winter with them running. We had the heat up to 74 on the cold days, but the chicks all were too cold.I had to replace the front desk computer because her heater blew directly into the front of it. The front thermostat for the office was behind her, so she couldn't turn it around, or it actually got cold in there. It would probably be cheaper to just kick the heat up a couple degrees.