Engine Block Pre Heater
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Engine Block Pre Heater
I really need some help!!!!!
I just bought a 2000 7.3 F-350 Dually Diesel. It has been getting pretty cold where I live so I have been plugging it in at work were the truck stays parked for 8-10 hours at a time. I am catching a lot of hell from the manager because she thinks it is pulling too much electricity. Could anyone help me find out how much it really is pulling. I can't imagine that it is going to be that much. My personal elecetric bill hasn't changed. Any help would be great...Thanks!! S~
I just bought a 2000 7.3 F-350 Dually Diesel. It has been getting pretty cold where I live so I have been plugging it in at work were the truck stays parked for 8-10 hours at a time. I am catching a lot of hell from the manager because she thinks it is pulling too much electricity. Could anyone help me find out how much it really is pulling. I can't imagine that it is going to be that much. My personal elecetric bill hasn't changed. Any help would be great...Thanks!! S~
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From: South Carolina
get cost down use a timer
I looked around and found a web calculator that figures a cost for a given appliance. Here is the link http://www.webwinder.com/wwhtmbin/jelectri.html
I used *******o's numbers and plugged them in using my electric rate. It came up to 72 cents per day based on an 8 hour day. If you were to use a timer and cut it to three hours it would be 27 cents per day.
Be up front with your boss and tell him/her that you don't know what it costs and ask to see a copy of the power bill so you can calculate it out. Show him your work and your result and perhaps propose to use a timer. The boss will probably quit complaining when he finds out it is minimal compared to the rest of the power bill.
Scott
I used *******o's numbers and plugged them in using my electric rate. It came up to 72 cents per day based on an 8 hour day. If you were to use a timer and cut it to three hours it would be 27 cents per day.
Be up front with your boss and tell him/her that you don't know what it costs and ask to see a copy of the power bill so you can calculate it out. Show him your work and your result and perhaps propose to use a timer. The boss will probably quit complaining when he finds out it is minimal compared to the rest of the power bill.
Scott
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It's a lot simpler than that. Do the math.
Check your power bill. It should have your cost/kwhr. Around here, it's usually $0.06-$0.08 /kwh
Most commercial/industrial facilities (high-use) get a break
1 kwh = KiloWattHour = 1 KiloWatt for 1 Hour
1000 w = 1kw
Assuming $0.07/kwh:
(8 hrs/day)*(1kw)*($0.07/kwh) = $0.56 per 8 hr day.
Leave it plugged in for the last 4 hours of the day, and it's about 2 bits per day. BFD
Check your power bill. It should have your cost/kwhr. Around here, it's usually $0.06-$0.08 /kwh
Most commercial/industrial facilities (high-use) get a break
1 kwh = KiloWattHour = 1 KiloWatt for 1 Hour
1000 w = 1kw
Assuming $0.07/kwh:
(8 hrs/day)*(1kw)*($0.07/kwh) = $0.56 per 8 hr day.
Leave it plugged in for the last 4 hours of the day, and it's about 2 bits per day. BFD
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