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Re: Energy cost to power an alarm system?



G. Morgan wrote:
> Frank Olson wrote:
>
>> G. Morgan wrote:
>>> CWatters wrote:
>>>
>>>> <mbbaker@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>>>> news:5451e094-9db1-4ab6-b4fd-582d70abde05@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>> 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.
>>>
>>
>> We're at 6.1 cents according to my last BCHydro bill.
>
>
> 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 (damn close to $5.00 a US
gallon).  I'm spending an average of about $150.00 every four days.  You
don't want do know what the monthly fuel bill for our service fleet is.


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