KWH per minute??? On May 7, 9:59 am, Ira <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Brewtus" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group > athttp://groups.google.com/group/brewtus?hl=en.
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