Electrical Usage

[jhale]

I took the first step to lowering my energy consumption.

I ordered my first tunze. A 6060.
I know it's not fancy, but it's what I can afford at the moment, plus it uses just
11 watts, at least that what the specs say. it pushes out 1500gph so I will use it to
replace one side of the CL, saving about 130watts I will add another 6000 that steve will lend me that will take care of the other side, and then I will move the blueline 40x to the return line. Now the future plans include saving for some controllable tunzes and a red dragon. as well as finding the most efficient chiller.
so the up front cost will be about $1500 to lower my energy bill and increase the flow in my tank.

 

[alrha]

its amazing how far we can go to rationalize spending hundreds of dollars on a stupid little underwater fan.

 

[jhale]

haha, wait did I tell you it only uses 11 watts?

how do you justify the RD ?

"it will pay for itself over time"

 

[alrha]

... how far WE can go to rationalize ...

I am aware, I did say " WE "

 

[Sean]

Is anyone still looking for low wattage external pumps?

 

[jhale]

yes, I have a blue line 40X that uses 140 watts for my return,

do you have anything comparable, and how much is it?
I can't swing the RD right now. maybe in a couple of months.
you can pm me if you want.

 

[nyfireman3097]

I am a zeo User and the RD pumps are the best out there right now i wish i could afford one I can also get anything on those sites for you guys i distribute Zeo and there products
Nick

 

[stingnyc]

nick,

can you get rd pumps? i'm in the market for 1....

-steve

 

[alrha]

me 2.

 

[nyfireman3097]

How do you know the prices for electric ? also when is off peak hours ?
Nick

 

[alrha]

check the bill.

off-peack is 10pm-10am + weekends and holidays.
note: that only applies to the "time-of-use" plan

 

[Sean]

so I was at a trade show this weekend and saw the dart Pumps by sequence. They had it hooked up to a voltage meter. It was doing 3500 gph and only using 110 watts.

 

[nyfireman3097]

yeah the sequence pumpd are awesome
I totaled mine and it was 173 a month
Nick

 

[Sean]

So If I can get a bunch of people together to do a group buy I can offer the Sequence Dart pump at wholesale to MR

anyone interested?

 

[nyfireman3097]

i wish i could use a pump external but i cant
Nick

 

[Sean]

Some more info on the dart

Max flo-3600 gph
Max head- 12ft.
insanely quiet
1 1/2" in
1 1/2" out

when I was there they reduced the intake and that lowered the watt usage down to about 80 and there was still a good water flow

 

[NYPDFrogman]

my 450 is a definite go! I'm in the market for a quiet (tank is in my family room in basememnt) efficent pump. I have an iwaki now and it's a pig.
I plan on setting up 4 tunze pumps within the tank w/ controller
and I figiure turning over 3500-4500 gph.
there will be approx a 4' head to the returns.

this is a great thread and great timming too!
impatiently waiting for more input

 

[Sean]

this dart pump I checked out was real quiet but a little large about 3x the size of an iwaki

The dart @ 4' of head
2800 gph
120 watts

 

[NYPDFrogman]

this dart pump I checked out was real quiet but a little large about 3x the size of an iwaki

The dart @ 4' of head
2800 gph
120 watts

is that enough for a 450??

 

[Sean]

It's good for a return but you'll need more flow