power consumption of tumbler?

[redneck2]

It just doesn't sound right is all. 16 cents is all it costs to run a tumbler for 16 hours?

Think about it. Right now my air is running, maybe 6-8 lights, a TV, 2 refrigerators and a freezer, etc. It costs an average of maybe 30 cents an hour for everything.

Cracks me up when people whine and moan about electric bills, and all the money that the utility companies make.

Let's see....for maybe $8 a day I get lights, heat, water (from a well), power to my computer and all my equipment, refrigeration and freezer, air conditioning, clean clothes, etc.

 

[davinci]

redneck2: ok, that makes more sense when you break it into a daily amount for me. My electric bill is about $80 in the summertime, about $40 in the wintertime. I have gas furnace and water.

at $2.50 a day in the summertime, electricity is really cheap.

So, why don't we all have electric cars that we can just plug in at night? I drive 30 miles a day round trip to work, in my truck that's 2 gallons of gas at $3 a gallon, so $6! That's $6 for about 40 minutes, versus $2.50 for 24 hours worth of energy. Plugging in an electric car has gotta be cheaper.

 

[Sharps Shooter]

"Think about it. Right now my air is running, maybe 6-8 lights, a TV, 2 refrigerators and a freezer, etc. It costs an average of maybe 30 cents an hour for everything."

You forgot about your computer.

 

[Mal H]

Maybe he uses WebTV.

 

[Highland Ranger]

Do the calc - lets say you have a 300hp truck.

300 X 746 = 233.8 kw X 10 cents/hr = $22.38/hour at full power.

My 300 hp truck at WOT goes about 110mph /15 mpg = call it 8 gallons x $2.5/gallon = $20/hour to run

But that's not whole story , when you brake in a gas powered car, the energy is all lost to heat. In an electric car I believe you scavenge back power by spinning the electric motors backwards to stop.

Plus no one runs WOT, there's probably battery heat losses, I'm sure there are other factors . . . . . . . wonder how it all would work out. . . . .

To keep it gun related, maybe we'll save some money and be able to buy more ammo!

 

[jeepmor]

I like the segway on this thread and how everyone is boasting their math skills. Especially how HuskerTanker went into the actual energy consumed for production of said razors. That totally eluded me, I was thinking about me using the razor. BTW, I have a skylight in that bathroom, but I did neglect to mention that I do turn on the lights while shaving. All the while, my tumbler is out there polishing brass and I can only hope my razor makes my face as smooth and clean for my woman.

I like the math and all, particularly the 300hp truck example, but in household power terms, you are pulling 2000 amps, with 110VAC, 1000 amps with 220VAC. Pacino Scarface voice on "Chu got some serious power there mang!"

But seriously, it appears that power consumption on the tumbler is probably the absolute cheapest part of the entire process. Except maybe for the Imperial Sizing Wax, by the time you figure that per round over the life of that little tin, you might just beat it by a healthy margin. I read a thread in here where an avid reloader claimed to have the same tin for nearly a decade. Now if we pay that much attention to detail in our reloading endeavours, don't let the wives know, because there is no arguing we don't have enough time for the honey-do list that way what so ever.

 

[RustyFN]

So, why don't we all have electric cars that we can just plug in at night? I drive 30 miles a day round trip to work, in my truck that's 2 gallons of gas at $3 a gallon, so $6! That's $6 for about 40 minutes, versus $2.50 for 24 hours worth of energy. Plugging in an electric car has gotta be cheaper.

Because the govmint and all their buddies are in oil not electricity. They would stand to lose to much money.

Do the calc - lets say you have a 300hp truck.

300 X 746 = 233.8 kw X 10 cents/hr = $22.38/hour at full power.

My 300 hp truck at WOT goes about 110mph /15 mpg = call it 8 gallons x $2.5/gallon = $20/hour to run

But that's not whole story , when you brake in a gas powered car, the energy is all lost to heat. In an electric car I believe you scavenge back power by spinning the electric motors backwards to stop.

Plus no one runs WOT, there's probably battery heat losses, I'm sure there are other factors . . . . . . . wonder how it all would work out. . . . .

To keep it gun related, maybe we'll save some money and be able to buy more ammo!

No ofence meant but I got lost here. Wouldn't you be running off batteries, so you wouldn't be paying for electricity until you plugged in a small charger. I could see that if you were running off a giant extension cord.
Rusty

Edit: I used to watch a program on TV call Amp Heads. They drive electric cars and don't own any gas cars. They would build electric cars to race also. You would be amazed at some of the cars they would build.

 

[Mal H]

The original question has been answered, probably in more detail than he really wanted.

Closed.