TexasBred
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I really don't remember what they cost either. Probably $6-7 a month. Worth it if you need them. I just didn't need or want them.
dusk to dawn lights
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John SD
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Fly-guy":2ew76ej1 said:
Well, that's easy to figure then! ;-)
No cost for lights = No cost for electricity. :lol:
Let's not deceive ourselves here. My point was and is, the light fixture itself is not "free".
You either buy the light yourself and pay the co-op for electricity to run your light.
Or you pay endless rent to the co-op for their light and the cost of electricity.
Judging from the answers in this thread, electricity cost is roughly half of it either regardless of who owns the light.
The main advantage I see of the co-op light is that if it needs fixed, it is their problem. No more getting up to the top of the pole in the loader bucket for me! :banana: :banana: :banana:
Ours is located half way between the house and the old milk parlor. We have a waterer at the parlor that has to a have a trickler turned on when the temps get in the 20s. That light sure makes it handy not having to carry a flashlight. Since my wife can get lost in the back yeard it comes in handy for that and also for wacking possums, coon, skunks and dillers in the middle of the night.
Calman
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If I wanted a lit up yard with light I'd move to town. :lol:
I want it dark of a night.
Cal
I want it dark of a night.
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skyhightree1
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Calman":2t5mhj7d said:
there is dark and there is country dark... My wife is a city girl and not use to country dark so this will help her and will also help me when I grill at night. I thought the light was kind of high but it is what it is.
greybeard
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So...........what is it?
Fly-guy":1a4olm98 said:
Now you have me curious, what does the formula look like? I've always been interested in how to calculate the cost of certain appliances.
The thing is, lavacarancher is only considering cost of the electricity in his formula. His figures are missing the cost of the light fixture itself, and installation/maintenance/replacement.
The cost of the electricity is the only thing that I'm interested in.
I guess I didn't make my question perfectly clear. My question was and still is, how can a person figure out what a given appliance cost per hour to operate. I can figure out how much gas it took to go into town and buy any given electrical appliance, I can figure out how much the appliance cost and heaven forbid if I have to hire someone to come out to hook it up for me I can simply look at their bill. All I want to know is how much does it cost per hour to run the dang thing. :tiphat:
lovehammer
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Fly-guy":2eu56t0f said:
If you know the watts of the device:
Total up the watts per day for the item to get total watts/day. Divide total watts/day by 1000 to get the total kilowatt hours (Kwh) per day. Multiply the Kwh/day times the cost per Kwh* to get cost/day.
So 100W bulb on for 12hrs a day would be 1200W per day
Divide by 1000 to get kWh which is 1.2kWh
Since electric company bills in kWh, and let's say it's $.10 a kWh where we are, then we have $.12 a day to run the light and multiply this by 30 to get the monthly cost of $3.60
If you know amps and volts then you multiply those two to get watts. A 15amp 120Vac device would be 1800watts.
Hope that helps.
CottageFarm
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This is a simplified formula, but it will get you real close....
a kilowatt is 1000 watts
if you have a 100 watt bulb running 12 hours day, it's using 1200 watts/day = 1.2 kw x $.10/kw hour =.12/day to operate
appliances will give you either wattage or amperage....
6 amp refrigerator running on 110 v .....6 x 110 = 660 watts
running for 5 hours/day (this is a guess, I've never timed how much one runs in a day)
5 x 660 = 3300 watts = 3.3 kw hours x $.10 /kw hour = $.33 / day x 30 days = $9.90 / month
Hope this helps :tiphat:
a kilowatt is 1000 watts
if you have a 100 watt bulb running 12 hours day, it's using 1200 watts/day = 1.2 kw x $.10/kw hour =.12/day to operate
appliances will give you either wattage or amperage....
6 amp refrigerator running on 110 v .....6 x 110 = 660 watts
running for 5 hours/day (this is a guess, I've never timed how much one runs in a day)
5 x 660 = 3300 watts = 3.3 kw hours x $.10 /kw hour = $.33 / day x 30 days = $9.90 / month
Hope this helps :tiphat:
CottageFarm
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Sorry for the redundancy, you beat me to it :lol:
greybeard
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I've never much liked the dusk till dawn security light thing. Thieves and other criminals don't usually just suddenly go to a residence--they "case the joint" several times beforehand. I refer to those kind of lights as "false security" lights. They might make you feel more secure, but them being on 24/7/365 don't do much to deter a thief. A good 24/7 dog or 24/7 Mossberg is a lot better imo, in conjunction with motion detectors and cams.
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skyhightree1
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greybeard":3gz5kx6k said:
Yea, I have tons of dogs guns and proximity sensors door window sensors and cameras on front and back of my house. If someones there with 35 working dogs behind the house 2 in the house and all this high tech alarm system I got. I called and told the power company I just wanted 1 light and that will be in the back yard. I didn't want a bright light in the front next to my bedroom so I will put the motion sensing lights up there.
D2Cat
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Sky, here's an idea that might eliminate the dogs in the trash, it worked for me.
Took a metal oil drain pan and drilled a couple of 1/8" holes just under the top lip. Sanded the metal real good to get a good connection. Made three dowels from an old broom handle, cutting them at about 10" long. Drove the dowels in the ground in a triangle formation so you can set the metal pan on them securely. Mowed the grass real short and hosed the ground for a good soaking. Hook wire through holes in metal pan and tighten bare wire snugly and run wire to nearby fence charger. Made a tasty treat of pieces of hot dog and some gravy and put in pan.
Activate the charger and when the dog gets his nose in the gravy you'll hear him yelp all the way home, never to stick his nose in your trash again!
Took a metal oil drain pan and drilled a couple of 1/8" holes just under the top lip. Sanded the metal real good to get a good connection. Made three dowels from an old broom handle, cutting them at about 10" long. Drove the dowels in the ground in a triangle formation so you can set the metal pan on them securely. Mowed the grass real short and hosed the ground for a good soaking. Hook wire through holes in metal pan and tighten bare wire snugly and run wire to nearby fence charger. Made a tasty treat of pieces of hot dog and some gravy and put in pan.
Activate the charger and when the dog gets his nose in the gravy you'll hear him yelp all the way home, never to stick his nose in your trash again!
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skyhightree1
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D2Cat":pdziaf5k said:
Great idea I like it. :tiphat:
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bb gun?ga.prime":ij9m4x9f said:
ibetyamissedme":2c0yto64 said:
BB gun?, probably not big enough to make a big impression. Every now and then I have to reinforce our neighbors dogs memory that they aren't welcomed around here. Just the mere sounded a shot over the "bow" works wonders.
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I'm not sure sounding a shot over the bow of the light would be enough. Shooting the light directly with the BB gun still seems to be in my mind the best course of action for turning of a light without a switch.Fly-guy":1e36sxaf said:
lavacarancher
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Sorry, Fly Guy for not getting back to you sooner but a couple of folks have answered your question about calculating the cost (electricity) alone - and they are right. Sometimes I let the word "assume" get in my way (assume: A$$-U-ME). I assumed you would be buying the light fixture and installing it yourself. I usually don't figure in the cost of my time nor do I figure the cost of, in this case, wire or screws or breakers or anything else needed to make the installation. I assumed (there's that word again) that you wanted to know the cost of operating the light and that's what I gave you.
While on the subject, some others mentioned HPS (High Pressure Sodium) lamps as being the only thing available and they are also right. I was able to find mercury vapor fixtures right after the law changed and bought several fixtures because I don't like the color of the HPS. But I like the night lights. It lets me see an intruder better so I can aim better ;-) .
While on the subject, some others mentioned HPS (High Pressure Sodium) lamps as being the only thing available and they are also right. I was able to find mercury vapor fixtures right after the law changed and bought several fixtures because I don't like the color of the HPS. But I like the night lights. It lets me see an intruder better so I can aim better ;-) .
I'm curious, is the purpose of the lights just for a feeling of security. I've never had one and never felt the need for one. I admit, it would be handy to have a light if I wanted to outside at night, but i wouldn't want it on all the time.
