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WallynDiane
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Apr 15, 2014

LED light bulbs and electricity savings question

We have a Holiday Rambler fifth wheel permanently parked in a campground near Chautauqua Lake. Electricity costs are quite high in Western New York. So I am always trying to save from our electricity ...
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tenbear
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Apr 16, 2014
tenbear wrote:
I can't imagine that changing to LEDs, even at eBay prices, will be cost effective based on 2 bulbs used for 2 hours a day.


Putting a few numbers on this:
Each 1141 draws 1.4A
Each LED equivalent draws ~0.3A
So 2 LEDs running 2 hrs save 4.4Ah/day, or 4.4 x 12v = .0528 kwh/day

Based on that 1kwh/.0528 = 18.93 days

So every 18.93 camping days you would save $0.12.

How many days do you camp each year?

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