air costs

did the math-comes out to around $2($0.08 per hr)-but that's running 24 hr and I may run 3 hrs to cool it down then the sun goes down and it may kick in every once in a while. she thought it would be the same as when she runs the house air(which she hates to do-adds about $60 to the bill) for what, less than $0.50 a day that I need to use it-I can live with that

I use a P3 Kill a Watt to measure the power consumption of the trailer while home. It also keeps track of how many KWH are used. Simply times the kwh($PER HOUR) and that will give you your actual cost. I dont run my AC at home or I would let you know my numbers. The Kill a Watt is handy to know how many amps watts etc that you are using.

Can you really put a cost on staying cool and less miserable?

<$2 per day if ran full time. Fans would be mere pennies a week

colliehauler wrote:
Would need to know how long the A/C runs and the cost of electricity to figure. Some PPA campgrounds add $2 a day for A/C or Heat.

so it's probably 1/2 of that---know they are going to make something off of you

robbie69 wrote:
does anyone know the cost of running the air per hr or know an easy way to fig it out. reason I ask, have full hook up at home and have been staying out in it a lot. DW has no problems with me running fans(3-ceiling(fantastic) 1 20' box and a 22' pedestal fan) they do help some but the air (13K) would be a lot nicer and I think it would be either cheaper or close to the same cost.
thanks

Would need to know how long the A/C runs and the cost of electricity to figure. Some PPA campgrounds add $2 a day for A/C or Heat.

Tell her you won't run it any more than she runs the house AC.

I'd just run it and check the next bill against the last. Stay cool :C

I think you may still be under what the fans are, but it won't be outrageous.

You can figure it out, by adding up the wattage of each fan (though the ceiling fans are 12VDC, so it may make more sense to just rate your converter). If they have amps instead of watts....Amps X 110 (V) = Watts
(Say that your A/C is 15A.....x 110 = 1650Watts.
with say, $0.10/Kwh.....it's gonna cost you about $4/day....
(not absolutely sure that the math is correct, since $120/month seems a bit high)
Oh yeah, you're not going to be running it 24 hours straight.....:S
So, you should be able to figure the price of running the fans....and go from there!

You'll also want to know what your Kw/hour rate is from the electric company...

Not sure if it's really worth it all.....plug in and stay cool!!:B

temps-mid/hi 80's. she has let me run it on occasion but that's after work and it being closed up all day so the air runs pretty steady for a few hrs. don't turn it into a deep freeze, 76-80 is good and nights it does cool down to where i'm usually popping on the heat in the am to get the chill out. I just don't see where it's all that much cheaper running 3 full sized fans(on high) as opposed to the air.