Good morning.
I had a question regarding the price to keep a hot tub running, electricity wise.
Now I understand there are a lot of factors including
- Temperature of hot tub water
- Temperature of ambient air
- Electricity Costs
- How often you use it (thus losing heat)
- Pump run time (longer for SWG etc)
- If you drained/filled that month.
- How much insulation, and what kind is in your hot tub.
Im sure there are others, but im fairly new at this.
I am more trying to figure out if my electrical bill is on par, or too high...
I may 7cents per KW hour. Last month I used just over 1000kw on the hot tub circuit (its a dedicated meter only for hot tub, currently).
My bill was $110. That counts a minimum 10$ service charge etc that have to come on a meter.
I keep my tub about 103-104 and use it probably 5-7 times per week for 20-45 minutes.
I run my pumps 8 hours per day for the SWG to work properly.
I live in Iowa where the avg temp last month was about 32 degrees. Its about to get REAL cold soon (-20) so im sure that will be brutal.
Just curious if those numbers are in line for what other folks might expect from their hot tub?
Thanks
I had a question regarding the price to keep a hot tub running, electricity wise.
Now I understand there are a lot of factors including
- Temperature of hot tub water
- Temperature of ambient air
- Electricity Costs
- How often you use it (thus losing heat)
- Pump run time (longer for SWG etc)
- If you drained/filled that month.
- How much insulation, and what kind is in your hot tub.
Im sure there are others, but im fairly new at this.
I am more trying to figure out if my electrical bill is on par, or too high...
I may 7cents per KW hour. Last month I used just over 1000kw on the hot tub circuit (its a dedicated meter only for hot tub, currently).
My bill was $110. That counts a minimum 10$ service charge etc that have to come on a meter.
I keep my tub about 103-104 and use it probably 5-7 times per week for 20-45 minutes.
I run my pumps 8 hours per day for the SWG to work properly.
I live in Iowa where the avg temp last month was about 32 degrees. Its about to get REAL cold soon (-20) so im sure that will be brutal.
Just curious if those numbers are in line for what other folks might expect from their hot tub?
Thanks