How much do your snakes add to your electric bill?

[satomi325]

Hi,

I was thinking about getting more balls (~3-4) in the near future. But I share an apartment with 3 others and split the bill 4 ways. My main concern was about the jump in energy use for the extra snakes. It wouldn't be fair to my housemates if they had to pay extra for my animals.... So I just wanted to ask if your snakes made a significant difference in your electric bill?

Also, I have a UTH right now in a tub set up. Would flexwatt make a difference in efficiency?

Thanks

[llovelace]

not much with 3-4 on flexwatt.

[adamsky27]

I was thinking about this the other day too, considering winter is coming. I really don't think flexwatt will add much of a difference. What I am worried about is the oil space heater. I plan on moving my rack into a smaller room and putting the oil space heater in that room.

I would also like to know how much of a difference this makes.

[kitedemon]

I did away with my space heater due to costs. I have a poorly insulated place the 1200 watt heater basically ran full time. It was costing me quite a lot it was about $300 a month or so in the winter.

I found a secondary heating system and insulation help cut the power costs. I have cut power to very little extra a month. I spent quite a lot up front to set it all up but it has paid for itself the few months.

[MidSouthMorphs]

Not much since my snake room is insulated quite well. i insulated for a bit earlier in the year so I got insulation free so that was helpful and it holds heat in really good.

[RichsBallPythons]

I have a space heater running, 50 snakes on flexwatt. Bill never exceeds $200 a month.

It helps to have fan blowing the warm air back down to floor. Doing so will cut down on how much the space heater works.

[SquamishSerpents]

space heaters are like throwing money out the window if you're not insulated properly.

still, wouldn't want to use them. i think our snakes add a noticeable amount to the bill, but not like WHOA OMG THESE SNAKES COST A TON!!!

i wish i had a definitely #, but when we first moved in our landlord took care of the electricity bill. in the last year it's been put in our name, so i don't have a comparison.

[Slashmaster]

I don't think it's gone up much... I was seeing maybe 63-65$ a month and now (6 snakes later) I'm seeing 70-72$.

[kitedemon]

I should clarify my place has little bags of seaweed in the walls... My power bill tying to heat a room to 80 went out of control. One space heater wasn't really enough it never shut down and never hit 80. I really needed two. I decided to deal with the enclosures as individual rooms and heat then independently. The rack too although it is as always a problem child racks do not like cool rooms. This has been very successful in my case adding only 20-50 dollars to the average power bill with out them.

[dragonboy4578]

I have a whole room that I keep heated to 80 degrees with a 1500 watt oil filled heater. I run 2 racks, one that holds 30 tubs, and one that holds another 10. My electric bill went up about 30 dollars a month.