Yeah, it's interesting to see how much you're paying to have the TV on, lights, etc. It really makes you realize that having lights on around the house that don't need to be on is like burning money for no reason.
I have roommates so I wanted to make sure I was paying for all electricity that my tank uses. It's easy enough to determine what most equipment uses, but heaters are a different story (the amount they come on varies depending on the room temps, time of year etc). So I bought a little device called a kill-a-watt that tracks how much anything you plug into it uses. They're only like 20 bucks, but they are pretty cool. I was surprised to see that for some equipment, the advertised wattage was much lower than their true power consumption. Some pumps I tested used almost 20% more energy than advertised (kinda ticked me off).
So are you getting a 300, William?
