How much electric does this charger use?
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If the charger is not charging a battery ... None
If it is charging a battery ... Insignificant ... (About the same as when your cell phone is being charged. Just takes longer to charge)
If it is charging a battery ... Insignificant ... (About the same as when your cell phone is being charged. Just takes longer to charge)
all depends on what power source you are using... the 120/240 VAC or the 12VDC
pretty much 8W consumed during charging purposes
if you charged batteries for 24 hours a day it would take 5.2 days to use up 1 KW of energy
Entergy would charge me 17 cents for that much
if the battery charger is plugged in and not charging... it would take 1218 days to rack up 1 KW of energy usage.. ( this is the energy to keep the led lit)
pretty much 8W consumed during charging purposes
if you charged batteries for 24 hours a day it would take 5.2 days to use up 1 KW of energy
Entergy would charge me 17 cents for that much
if the battery charger is plugged in and not charging... it would take 1218 days to rack up 1 KW of energy usage.. ( this is the energy to keep the led lit)
I don't know if you use electricity to either cool and/or heat your house/apartment, but if you do that's likely where the majority of your electricity goes to.
Right now I have not used heat or ac for about 2 weeks cause its been nice out, I've only noticed something was off since I haven't been using heat/ac and still have high readings for 1 person in a 1 bedroom. I'm buying a kill a watt meter tomorrow to measure devices use and hopefully I can get to the bottom of it. Thanks
Rest assured ... Your little Nitecore battery charger sure is not whats giving you a high electric bill ... Fact
do you have access to your meter?? turn off everything in your abode and go check the meter and see if it is still clicking off usage... if it is then you have an issue... be sure to unplug the refridgerator too anything with a clock or led panel ( stove etc)
I had to do a repair job in an attic of a townhouse and found that the "neighbor" ran an extension cord from one side to the other to run the AC unit... once I severed the cord, the issue was resolved...
I had to do a repair job in an attic of a townhouse and found that the "neighbor" ran an extension cord from one side to the other to run the AC unit... once I severed the cord, the issue was resolved...
Some interesting reading here: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/08/s...o-your-electronics-use-when-they-are-off.html
A lot of folks don't realize just how much electricity is being used, even when something is supposedly powered off.
A lot of folks don't realize just how much electricity is being used, even when something is supposedly powered off.
The hydro billing is about 2 months behind around here. Still got a relatively high bill this month
(for March) due to using the heater.
Aside from heat, the water heater and fridge use the most imo.
Old fridge? Door seals dirty or misshapen? Water heater over 15-20 years old?
Any of these will cause an increase over time.
We have started installing LED lights as the old ones die out, in some areas, we get discounts/incentives on them from the gov. Also I've noticed, it never fails, when I wash my hands the water just gets warm when I'm about done, so a lot of the times, if my hands are not extremely dirty, I'll just use cold water. No point in paying to heat up the pipes.
A bunch of little things/changes, can make a difference, especially with the rising electric costs.
It pays to be cheap. Cheers.
(for March) due to using the heater.
Aside from heat, the water heater and fridge use the most imo.
Old fridge? Door seals dirty or misshapen? Water heater over 15-20 years old?
Any of these will cause an increase over time.
We have started installing LED lights as the old ones die out, in some areas, we get discounts/incentives on them from the gov. Also I've noticed, it never fails, when I wash my hands the water just gets warm when I'm about done, so a lot of the times, if my hands are not extremely dirty, I'll just use cold water. No point in paying to heat up the pipes.
A bunch of little things/changes, can make a difference, especially with the rising electric costs.
It pays to be cheap. Cheers.
Our teenager taking a couple hot 30 minute showers a day, him doing his own laundry(catching him doing a pair of jeans on max water cycle) and his generally leaving every light on in the house cost us $100.00 a month alone. Once he moved out I got a surprise of a substantially cheaper hydro bill.
Everything in the house is electric since we don't have a gas line, a pellet stove and haven't turned on the baseboard heaters in 15 years and all our lights are LED our power bill is @250.00 every 2 months.
Everything in the house is electric since we don't have a gas line, a pellet stove and haven't turned on the baseboard heaters in 15 years and all our lights are LED our power bill is @250.00 every 2 months.
I figured it out for the most part. My electric company has all readings online everyday since it's a smart meter, the one customer service lady told me the online figures are accurate and are in real time, they are not. I have online reading one day of 42 kwh and it was really 12 kwh and most of mine are around 6 kwh a day when not using heat or ac, most online were showing me using 30 kwh a day, which was crazy for 1 person. I finally got a customer service rep that told me my actual readings and that the online ones are estimates and for some reason are not even close to the real readings. Some days are a little higher around 12-15 kwh so I need to figure out what's going on there.
Cut 20 bucks a month instantly when I went back to paying the supplier directly instead of going through a hydro marketer. Was some global charge line on the bill. Hey 20 bucks a month is huge!
Saved more too as our local supplier has Time Of Use discounts too, the marketer did not.
Also found the equal billing program to be a drain too, I know it costs more during winter months in these parts so just budget accordingly.
Bunch of little things add up quick. Cheers.
Saved more too as our local supplier has Time Of Use discounts too, the marketer did not.
Also found the equal billing program to be a drain too, I know it costs more during winter months in these parts so just budget accordingly.
Bunch of little things add up quick. Cheers.
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