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Author Topic: how many machines do you all run at the same time?  (Read 7033 times)
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« on: May 16, 2007, 11:02:00 pm »

How many machines are you all running at the same time?  How high is your power bill?  I am running 2. I was thinking about running 3 but these machines are all over 5 amps each.
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« Reply #1 on: May 17, 2007, 06:02:04 am »

Right now, I am running 2 machines, but soon to be turning on my outdoor machine.  I'm not really sure what impact it has on my electric bill and I'm afraid to really find out it. Looking back through past years usage, there isn't a huge increase in usage....
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« Reply #2 on: May 17, 2007, 06:47:04 am »

i can just see my power bill going through the roof.
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« Reply #3 on: May 17, 2007, 07:52:56 am »

One thing that will help is make sure all of your seals are in good shape and sealing correctly and always keep it stocked full. Soda is a great insulator and makes the machine have to run far less.
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« Reply #4 on: May 17, 2007, 08:53:57 am »

I run one out in the garage in the late spring, summer& early Fall and one down in the family room(basement) for late fall, winter  & early spring  .
So one is always running some place around this old house .
And Like Josh said keep it full, Buy a case of water bottle's and throw a few
in when a shelve is near empty or stock a shelve with water bottle's.

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« Reply #5 on: May 18, 2007, 08:28:30 am »

I run one on the porch all summer, and usually another with Beer down in my Bar... I just bought one of of this Kilowatt meters and am going to put it on there to find out how much it cost me to run an hour.
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« Reply #6 on: May 18, 2007, 09:11:36 am »

please update us. I think its safe to say its not too much to run two 5 to 7 amp machines
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« Reply #7 on: May 18, 2007, 04:51:48 pm »

Hello

I was running three machines out in the garage & I think our electric bill was about 30-40 dollars higher a month. So I am down to the combat V-126 running in the garage.

At office I run the a V-63 & one of the big Merlin 12 selection machines.

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« Reply #8 on: May 19, 2007, 09:49:18 pm »

Thanks Kevin. What were the amps on those 3 machines you were running?
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« Reply #9 on: May 19, 2007, 10:04:44 pm »

irt would be neat to compair it to say you homes refridgerator, check the amp rating on that. it would give you a ball-park idea I think.
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