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do heating pads increase the cost of the electric bill?

Anime Youkai

Anime Youkai

Proud corn snake owner
Hey there everyone,

I am going to be getting a corn snake sometime this summer (yay!) and I was wondering if a heating pad will have a huge effect on the cost of electric bill every month?
 
Electricity is billed in kilowatt hours, which is watts * hours, divided by 1000, and abbreviated as kWh.

So if you use a 100 watt light bulb for 10 hours, you've used 1000 watt hours, or 1 kWh.

Given 24 hours in a day, 30 days in a month, there are 720 hours in a month. Using a 15 watt heating pad, you're using about 10,800 watt hours, or 10.8 kWh in a 30 day month.

Prices vary and you should be able to find it on your electric bill, but in Nov. 2005, the national average was 9.74 cents/kWh.

Given that average, a 15 watt heat pad would cost a 105.192 cents, or "a buck oh five" per month. :)
 
Serpwidgets said:
Electricity is billed in kilowatt hours, which is watts * hours, divided by 1000, and abbreviated as kWh.

So if you use a 100 watt light bulb for 10 hours, you've used 1000 watt hours, or 1 kWh.

Given 24 hours in a day, 30 days in a month, there are 720 hours in a month. Using a 15 watt heating pad, you're using about 10,800 watt hours, or 10.8 kWh in a 30 day month.

Prices vary and you should be able to find it on your electric bill, but in Nov. 2005, the national average was 9.74 cents/kWh.

Given that average, a 15 watt heat pad would cost a 105.192 cents, or "a buck oh five" per month. :)
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Whoa! I was going to say that.
 
Serpwidgets said:
Given that average, a 15 watt heat pad would cost a 105.192 cents, or "a buck oh five" per month. :)
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Strange that freedom and a heat pad would have the same cost. Hmmm. There's a message there for today's youth, but I can't quite put my finger on it.

"'lectricity isn't free-- it costs folks like you and me..."
 
Serpwidgets said:
Yeah, but what would you do, if you were asked to give up your dreams for a heat pad?
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I'd think about all of them people who gave up everything they had. I'd think about all those war vets, then I'd start to feel sad. :cry:
 
thanks for the answers everyone! My parents were wondering if the heating would raise the price on the electric bill exponentially. It sounds like it will not be much at all.
 
easy. look at the package and if you can at the heating pad. it'll tell you how much energy it uses. Last I checked most if not all electronics are supposed to. Then get them to calculate it all out....Reality. Doesn't cost all that much.
 
I know mine put a huge dent in my electric bill, then again, I'm heating around 150 critters. Rough guess. :crazy02:
 
Roy Munson said:
Strange that freedom and a heat pad would have the same cost. Hmmm. There's a message there for today's youth, but I can't quite put my finger on it.

"'lectricity isn't free-- it costs folks like you and me..."
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Everyone sing along... it's School house Rock time....

"Current flowing to and fro, makes a circuit of
Electricity, Electricity
Voltage is the pressure that makes it go.
It's pushin' uh... Electricity, Electricity...

Watts will tell you just how much
You'll be usin'
Uh... Electricity, Electricity

Powerful stuff, so watch that plug! It's potent
Electricity, Electricity
Electricity, Electricity"

Serpwidgets, you show off.... :grin01:
 
Geez Chuck. Couldn't you just say..."No, it's cheap...like a dollar more." I'm suprised you didn't draw a chart with it!
 
MegF. said:
Geez Chuck. Couldn't you just say..."No, it's cheap...like a dollar more." I'm suprised you didn't draw a chart with it!
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...and these should give you the grounding you'll need in thermodynamics, hypermathematics and of course microcalifragalistics.
 

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Well,
To be honest, I never really noticed to much of an increase in my electric bill from running flex-watt. What kills my electric bill is my new thermostat. It's a commercial thermostat that controls the ambient room temperature. It's designed to keep the room within a "desired temperature range." So if it is set at 79-83, the heat kicks on at 78 degrees and the air kicks on at 84 degrees.....so it's constantly on. The convenience is priceless though. You can set it for two temperature ranges per day. I literally only look at twice a year.

Chris
 
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