At 12:18 PM 5/6/2010, you wrote:
That's cool! I didn't realize the B used so much "juice" to heat up
or, conversely, that it was so efficient in standby. I'd have
For amusement I did the following. My machine is a BII with as much
extra insulation as I could reasonably manage to put in including the
tubes to the steam and water valves. I'm sure I could do better if I
tried, but it's much better than it was stock. I also made a cozy
for the group so it uses less electricity when turned on.
With either element on it uses about 1000 watts or about 9 amps.
Ira
Kill-A-Watt readings for the first few hours on:
time KWH used
4:00 0.00
4:10 0.16 .016 KWH/Minute Brew temp at 31C Steam boiler hot,
4:15 0.25 .018 KWH/Minute Brew temp at 70C
4:21 0:32 .017 KWH/Minute Brew temp at 97C
4:26 0.34 .004 KWH/Minute Brew temp at 96C
4:31 0:36 .004 KWH/Minute
4:39 0:38 .0025 KWH/Minute
4:46 0.39 .0014 KWH/Minute
5:12 0.44 .0019 KWH/Minute about .42 KWH/hour for the first hour
5:38 0.49 .0019 KWH/Minute
6:14 0.56 .0015 KWH/Minute about .12 KWH/hour when stable
6:55 0.69 .0031 KWH/Minute Includes using and back flushing the machine
Ira
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