Quote Originally Posted by Wh00h0069 View Post
So, you are running 16 watts. Aren’t a most light bulbs around 60 watts? It probably isn't affecting your electric bill much.
He's running more than 16w, 16w maybe the consumption of the wattage the flexwatt needs but then you have to figure in the amount of power the thermostat itself needs to operate (yes I know it's not much at all). Either way if you run a washer or a dryer once a day you've already consumed WAY more electric and water than a small setup ever will in a 24 hour period. Thats just running these machines on one load not the whole day. You only really need to worry if you have alot of racks running 200-500w flexwatt stripes, then you may want to invest in some GOOD insulation.