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how much does it cost to run a sunbed

jane34
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can someone tell me how much it costs to run a sunbed for 30mins
it has 10 x 100 watt bulbs
thankyou
it has 10 x 100 watt bulbs
thankyou
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10 x 100 watt bulbs mean that it is drawing 1000 watts (1000 joules a second). Electricity is sold in kilowatt hours (kWh), that being equivalent to using 1000 watts for 1 hour. In half an hour at 1000 watts you will use 1/2 kWh, so take a look at your last electricity bill and see how much a kWh costs, and half it.0
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just looked at my electric bill and its 11p kwh , so its under 6p for 30mins, seems cheap for all does bulbs ? thought it was going to be £5-£6 to run with 10x100 watt bulbs
thankyou for the reply :-)0 -
i'm still confused ...... so that means that if my electricity is say 12 a unit and i have 20 x 100 watt bulbs and i use it for 20 mins it'll cost me under a £1 or around that mark ! That still doesn't seem right ? ......... someone convince me, please !!!!!! :-( !!!0
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yes it will cost about 11p per hour to run.
based on my tariff.Get some gorm.0 -
muddleminded wrote: »i'm still confused ...... so that means that if my electricity is say 12 a unit and i have 20 x 100 watt bulbs and i use it for 20 mins it'll cost me under a £1 or around that mark ! That still doesn't seem right ? ......... someone convince me, please !!!!!! :-( !!!
20 x 100 watts = 2000W = 2 kW.
At 12p per Kw/hr it costs 12p to run 1 kW for an hour
So 24p for an hour at 2 kW
So 8p for 2 kW for 20 mins0 -
or how much will it cost to cause skin cancer?0
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To get skin cancer, the cost will work out at about the same as running the sun bed.I can afford anything that I want.
Just so long as I don't want much.0 -
just looked at my electric bill and its 11p kwh , so its under 6p for 30mins, seems cheap for all does bulbs ? thought it was going to be £5-£6 to run with 10x100 watt bulbs
thankyou for the reply :-)
At those prices, a one bar electric fire (1,000W) for an hour would cost £5-£6! Would you really expect to pay that much for your electricity?No free lunch, and no free laptop0
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