Re: Energy cost to power an alarm system?

["Cwatters" <colin.wattersNOSPAM@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

"Frank Olson" <use_the_email_links@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> G. Morgan wrote:
>> Frank Olson wrote:
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>>> G. Morgan wrote:
>>>> CWatters wrote:
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>>>>> <mbbaker@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>>>>> On Jun 1, 8:53 am, "Bill" <billnomailnosp...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>> What is the monthly cost (electricity) to power an alarm system?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> For a 24VDC 2AMP system, it costs about $1.25 per month in my state
>>>>>> (Oregon) where electricity costs roughly $0.07 per kilowatt-hour.
>>>>> Wow only $0.07 per kilowatt-hour!
>>>>>
>>>>> Here in the UK it's about $0.20
>>>> I'm paying 16.9¢ here in Texas, USA.
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>>> We're at 6.1 cents according to my last BCHydro bill.
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>> Damn that's cheap.  What does gas cost?  Here it's about $3.79/gal.
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> Gas prices suck.  We're at $1.33 a liter..

Practically giving it away....:-)

I'm paying $2.52 a liter for diesel for my car. Regular gas is a bit less at
about $2.25