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Originally Posted by guandi
i am the only person in my family who uses energy effecient light bulbs. in my house there are about 14 60-100w bulbs, if i were to swap them all out with 10w high effeciency bulbs, i would be able to power a 1000w TEC for about 6 hours a day without a change in our bill.
Besides, with the 3 high eff. bulbs in my room now, i have gone from 3x60w to 3X10w, so from 200w to 30w... thats a difference of 170... heh, 2w wont make that much difference.
and besides, how much does a vapochill draw?  |
yeah, and with those, you also have to remember the lightbulbs are 100w @ 120vac (at least for those of us here in the US), whereas the tec's are 100w@12v, which is considerably less current.
although, running a 24/7 tec system will run up your bill... i know mine went up a few bucks every time i added a new system in to the list...
i recently changed the 50-100-150 3ways in my office tho from incandesent (SP?) to florescent energy savers - "200w equivalent". needed more light, less power consumption
i think i may get more tho, for those late nights working. bright, quality light helps a _ton_ when you're about to crash out but you need to finish a project. and these replacement bulbs are way better than the tube kind - better on head and eyes