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hello
11-11-03, 08:25 PM
Im thinking of adding to my collection of snakes. I currently have 1 corn snake but i plan to expand to difrent snakes in the future as well. Not all at once but im wondering if i had around 4-6 snakes with heat pads how much would that run my bill a month about?

Im just looking for a estimate to base possible more tanks from...

mykee
11-11-03, 08:41 PM
For the snakes alone? FOr the heat pads on your electric bill? For what?

mykee
11-11-03, 08:42 PM
For your electric bill, minimal. Maybe $12/month?...

Weather1
11-11-03, 09:02 PM
If you are worried about the cost of electricity how will you afford to feed any more snakes.

BoidKeeper
11-11-03, 09:06 PM
Just because he asked doesn't mean he's worried. He's trying to inform himself. The question was cluncky at best, but asking how much 6 heat pads may affect your power bill if you have no experience with this stuff does not imply that the asker is worried but that they are trying to inform themselves.
Cheers,
Trevor

hello
11-11-03, 09:14 PM
I was just wondering.

I can afford it i was just cerious of how much heat pads really run your bill

matrix1829
11-11-03, 09:30 PM
a 100 watt fred flood that run 24/7 costs about 10$ a month

matrix1829
11-11-03, 09:30 PM
I meant a red flood!!!!!!!!!!!!

dvs
11-12-03, 10:57 AM
I don't know about up there in canada but I'm in a pretty big 2 bedroom apartment right now that is ALL electric and aside from the lights,TV, heat, AC, stove, and fridge that me and my girlfriend use I have 5 heat pads going for my snakes and 2 100watt bulbs on my dragons and my light bill in the summer is about $30 and in the winter it shoots up to about $80.

Invictus
11-12-03, 11:19 AM
Assuming you pay about 7 cents per kilowatt hour, which is what we pay up here, a 100 watt light bulb on 24/7 will cost you, as mentioned, $10/month or so.

Given that heat pads range from 8 watts for the small ones to 25 watts for the big ones, you can run a LOT of them before your bill will skyrocket.