rballou@mnsinc.com on sun 19 jul 98
>The results of this might be interesting!
To say the least! We were recently put on a Time of Use plan. On peak
firing time results in a cost of a whopping $19.40. Off peak (weekends and
after midnight) it drops to $2.85! Interim rates would cost $3.35, though
it would be impossible to complete a firing during those hours (8 AM to
noon, 8 PM to midnight). Guess when I'm firing :)
Ruth Ballou
rballou@mnsinc.com
Silver Spring, MD
John Baymore on sun 19 jul 98
This discussion about how to calculate the cost to fire an electric load
for Lisa has given me an idea. (Not sure how BRIGHT it is .)
How about an informal comparison survey of costs around the country/world?
I would be interested if you could calculate YOUR cost at your location to
fire Lisa's kiln load.
Assuming the kiln is operating on 240 Volts....... it consumes 96 Kilowatt
Hours of juice. Multiply 96 KWH times the KWH rate off your electric bill.
Use the rate bracket that your last bill is in (some rates are
progressive....more you use the rate changes).
Here in southern NH supplied by Public Service of NH it would cost $12.96
to fire that load on my residential billing. On the small business
commercial bill it would be $9.90.
The results of this might be interesting!
BEst,
........................john
John Baymore
River Bend Pottery
22 Riverbend Way
Wilton, NH 03086 USA
603-654-2752
JBaymore@Compuserve.com
on sun 19 jul 98
Good Idea.
Here, in Naperville, Illinois, where we have our own electric company, it
would cost $6.00 to fire that load. Not bad! Of course, it cost me a bundle to
get the 200 amp service so the whole block didn't go into brownout whenever I
fired. But at $6.00 compared to $9.60 I should breakeven in about 20 or 30
years. :-)
Berry Silverman on sun 19 jul 98
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John Baymore wrote:
>
> Date: Sun, 19 Jul 1998 00:24:29 -0400
> From: John Baymore
> Subject: Electric costs to fire
> Sender: John Baymore
> To: Clayart
> MIME-Version: 1.0
> Status: RO
>
> This discussion about how to calculate the cost to fire an electric
load
> for Lisa has given me an idea. (Not sure how BRIGHT it is .)
>
> How about an informal comparison survey of costs around the
country/world?
>
Here in Tucson, I'm on a commercial time-of-use plan designed to
economize on electrical costs. If I fired Lisa's kiln during the day,
in midsummer, it would cost $22.78. At night in off-peak hours, it
would cost $14.55. But the best part, if I fired it during the
winter, in off-peak hours, it would only cost $5.25! I think I'd
rather have her North Carolina rates than our Arizona rates. Maybe
deregulation starting 1-1-99 will bring our bills down a bit.
==
Berry Silverman
Berryware - Tucson, Arizona
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David Hendley on mon 20 jul 98
$8.20 from our rural electric cooperative.
Not including $7.50/month "customer service fee" just for
being connected.
David Hendley
Maydelle, Texas
At 02:06 PM 7/19/98 -0700, you wrote:
>Date: Sun, 19 Jul 1998 00:24:29 -0400
>From: John Baymore
>Subject: Electric costs to fire
>Sender: John Baymore
>To: Clayart
>MIME-Version: 1.0
>Status: RO
>
>This discussion about how to calculate the cost to fire an electric load
>for Lisa has given me an idea. (Not sure how BRIGHT it is .)
>
>How about an informal comparison survey of costs around the country/world?
>I would be interested if you could calculate YOUR cost at your location to
>fire Lisa's kiln load.
>
>Assuming the kiln is operating on 240 Volts....... it consumes 96 Kilowatt
>Hours of juice. Multiply 96 KWH times the KWH rate off your electric bill.
> Use the rate bracket that your last bill is in (some rates are
>progressive....more you use the rate changes).
>
>Here in southern NH supplied by Public Service of NH it would cost $12.96
>to fire that load on my residential billing. On the small business
>commercial bill it would be $9.90.
>
>The results of this might be interesting!
>
>BEst,
>
>.......................john
>
>John Baymore
>River Bend Pottery
>22 Riverbend Way
>Wilton, NH 03086 USA
>
>603-654-2752
>JBaymore@Compuserve.com
>
Judith Enright on mon 20 jul 98
$11.52 here in San Jose, California.
>$8.20 from our rural electric cooperative.
>Not including $7.50/month "customer service fee" just for
>being connected.
>
>David Hendley
>Maydelle, Texas
>
>
>At 02:06 PM 7/19/98 -0700, you wrote:
>>Date: Sun, 19 Jul 1998 00:24:29 -0400
>>From: John Baymore
>>Subject: Electric costs to fire
>>Sender: John Baymore
>>To: Clayart
>>MIME-Version: 1.0
>>Status: RO
>>
>>This discussion about how to calculate the cost to fire an electric load
>>for Lisa has given me an idea. (Not sure how BRIGHT it is .)
>>
>>How about an informal comparison survey of costs around the country/world?
>>I would be interested if you could calculate YOUR cost at your location to
>>fire Lisa's kiln load.
>>
>>Assuming the kiln is operating on 240 Volts....... it consumes 96 Kilowatt
>>Hours of juice. Multiply 96 KWH times the KWH rate off your electric bill.
>> Use the rate bracket that your last bill is in (some rates are
>>progressive....more you use the rate changes).
>>
>>Here in southern NH supplied by Public Service of NH it would cost $12.96
>>to fire that load on my residential billing. On the small business
>>commercial bill it would be $9.90.
>>
>>The results of this might be interesting!
>>
>>BEst,
>>
>>.......................john
>>
>>John Baymore
>>River Bend Pottery
>>22 Riverbend Way
>>Wilton, NH 03086 USA
>>
>>603-654-2752
>>JBaymore@Compuserve.com
>>
Kelly Dudley/Kathy Roberts on tue 21 jul 98
ClayArt Moderator wrote:
>
> Date: Sun, 19 Jul 1998 00:24:29 -0400
> From: John Baymore
> Subject: Electric costs to fire
> Sender: John Baymore
> To: Clayart
> MIME-Version: 1.0
> Status: RO
>
> This discussion about how to calculate the cost to fire an electric load
> for Lisa has given me an idea. (Not sure how BRIGHT it is .)
>
> How about an informal comparison survey of costs around the country/world?
> I would be interested if you could calculate YOUR cost at your location to
> fire Lisa's kiln load.
>
> Assuming the kiln is operating on 240 Volts....... it consumes 96 Kilowatt
> Hours of juice. Multiply 96 KWH times the KWH rate off your electric bill.
> Use the rate bracket that your last bill is in (some rates are
> progressive....more you use the rate changes).
>
> Here in southern NH supplied by Public Service of NH it would cost $12.96
> to fire that load on my residential billing. On the small business
> commercial bill it would be $9.90.
>
> The results of this might be interesting!
>
> BEst,
>
> .......................john
>
> John Baymore
> River Bend Pottery
> 22 Riverbend Way
> Wilton, NH 03086 USA
>
> 603-654-2752
> JBaymore@Compuserve.com
Here in Tempe, Arizona, on the Basic Residential Plan, I would have paid
$8.40, plus about .62 in city, county and state taxes. The 96kwh would
have represented approx. 10% of my usage last month (we were able to use
the swamp cooler a lot last month during our 115 degree days, thereby
keeping the usage lower than if we ran the AC all the time).
Kelly Dudley experiencing an amazingly cool day-- only 96!
teco@getnet.com
lpskeen on wed 22 jul 98
Kelly Dudley/Kathy Roberts wrote:
(we were able to use
> the swamp cooler a lot last month during our 115 degree days, thereby
> keeping the usage lower than if we ran the AC all the time).
Ok, I'll bite: What's a swamp cooler?
--
Lisa Skeen ICQ# 15554910
Living Tree Pottery & Soaps
http://www.uncg.edu/~lpskeen
"We will have to repent in this generation not merely for the hateful
words and actions of the bad people, but for the appalling silence of
the good people." -- Dr. M. L. King, Jr. 4/16/63
Russel Fouts on thu 23 jul 98
Here in Brussels It costs me about $2 to fire 6 hours to 1000c with my
clothes on. ;-)
Seriously, isn't there a difference to the amount of electicity used whether
the kiln is installed on triple-phase or not.
Russel
Russel Fouts
Mes Potes & Mes Pots
Brussels, Belgium
32 2 223 02 75
Http://users.skynet.be/russel.fouts
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Leo Smith on fri 24 jul 98
>
>> Assuming the kiln is operating on 240 Volts....... it consumes 96 Kilowatt
>> Hours of juice. Multiply 96 KWH times the KWH rate off your electric bill.
>> Use the rate bracket that your last bill is in (some rates are
>> progressive....more you use the rate changes).
Here in Sydney Australia it would cost AU$9.75 which at our current banna
repulic exchange rate of AU$1=US$0.62 equals about US$6.45. and thats
Domestic full rate!!
Best Wishes
Leo
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