Tumbler Power Usage
- Thread starter trebor2880
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just having some fun
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
I did a quick look for how much power a Tumbler uses
Don't worry
a estimate 3A x 120V=360w and if you ran if for 24 hours at .18c KWH
it would cost you less than $ 2 (yes 2 bucks) maybe as little as 10 cents a hour
now if you ran your air conditioner
for 12 hours x 12A x 240V it would cost you over $6-7 bucks
warning cost is estimate and my math is sometimes wrong
Don't worry
a estimate 3A x 120V=360w and if you ran if for 24 hours at .18c KWH
it would cost you less than $ 2 (yes 2 bucks) maybe as little as 10 cents a hour
now if you ran your air conditioner
for 12 hours x 12A x 240V it would cost you over $6-7 bucks
warning cost is estimate and my math is sometimes wrong
tictactician
Regular
- Location
- Victoria, B.C.
I think 220 version is for overseas where they run different power distribution system.
easyrider604
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- Greater Vancouver, BC
I just looked at my tumbler. Looks like the motor is a 20 watt fan motor. Say it consumes 25 watts and average cost of electricity is 20 cents per KW-Hr. The power cost to run your tumbler is half a cent per hour, or 2 cents to run for four hours, which is my usual tumble time.
Say my assumption on motor size is wrong and the actual consumption is double, that is only one cent per hour. Negligible.
Now as far as 110 or 220 volts, in North America we are supplied power at 115 volts. Some parts of Asia, I know is 220 volts.
That 20 watt fan motor is probably just the cooling fan for the real motor. I don't know how many watts a tumbler uses, but it has to be more than 20. I'll look at mine next time I'm home.
So about 90 watts. Thought they drew more power than that. Guess not.
easyrider604
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- Greater Vancouver, BC
Still negligible power cost, eh? About 10 cents for 4 hours. Like the cost of three primers, or one .45 LRN 230 grain bullet.
It's not fun though when you stick your finger in an empty light socket.....as I did as a 7 year old....knocked me right across the room & out.
Peter (Burlington, Ont.)
Peter (Burlington, Ont.)
Not sure why I said the UK was 220. Its 240 volt. Fastest kettle boilers in all of Christendom.
blacksmithden
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
We call our voltage anything between 110 and 120v.....Europe is anything between 220 and 240. It floats, depending on where you are..how good your local power authority is...the condition of the lines...there are lots of factors that can change things slightly.
My dad's house, 3 hours north of Toronto...I can guarantee you I can go and plug a $700 Fluke meter into the wall and it will be 109.7 volts...it's rock steady, all day, every day. I Have no idea why it's so stable. My house here in Edmonton on the other hand is a bit of a mess. I get anywhere from 107 volts to (and yes, I've measured this) 131 volts. We can't keep incandescent lightbulbs going in this place for more than a few months. The compact fluorescent bulbs seem to be holding their own. I really should do a graph, then present it to the power company and tell them to get their product straightened out.
Anyway...I can't help you with numbers. I just went and looked at my Lyman Turbo 1200 and it doesn't have any numbers on it...doesn't even have a CSA/UL sticker on it, which is strange.
My dad's house, 3 hours north of Toronto...I can guarantee you I can go and plug a $700 Fluke meter into the wall and it will be 109.7 volts...it's rock steady, all day, every day. I Have no idea why it's so stable. My house here in Edmonton on the other hand is a bit of a mess. I get anywhere from 107 volts to (and yes, I've measured this) 131 volts. We can't keep incandescent lightbulbs going in this place for more than a few months. The compact fluorescent bulbs seem to be holding their own. I really should do a graph, then present it to the power company and tell them to get their product straightened out.
Anyway...I can't help you with numbers. I just went and looked at my Lyman Turbo 1200 and it doesn't have any numbers on it...doesn't even have a CSA/UL sticker on it, which is strange.
The fans are built into/onto one end of the motors. 20 watts would be OK for a really small tumbler, and lightly loaded.
REAL TEST RESULTS
Plugged in an inline power consumption meter, "watts up Pro"
Small tumbler, motor rated at 1.8 Amps 77w unloaded, 85 loaded
Large tumbler with HD motor, Thumler Industrial 18, motor 1/20hp rated at 1.6 amps, unloaded or loaded, 125w.
BTW, our power cost is 13 to 14 cents/kwh. That is all taxes, fees etc, divided by total usage.
