Smart plugs and power monitoring on tanks

[TwoHedWlf]

After $150 of plugs, I officially have every component on my tank now on smart plugs with power monitoring.
Mirabella Genio plugs with energy monitoring.

Bonus is, once I got it all set up Alexa decided to turn off my filters, heater and lights. Thanks Alexa...

Probably not lab grade precision but good enough, the power usage yesterday for my 4 foot tank was:
FX5:.75kwh, 30W average
CF1200: .46kwh, 19W average
LED light 1: .39 kwh, 25w average(16 hours)
LED Light 2: .39 kwh, 25w average(16 hours)
Heater: 3.14 kwh, 130w average was a pretty warm winter day though.

So that's about 5.14 kwh, let's call it 5.5. That's about $1.65/day or about $38/month. Ouch, but could be much worse.

 

[Trouser Cough]

I use a similar plug for an 800, a couple of 60's, and a 110 gallon tank(s). Love em. The coolest feature is the delay for the filters such that I can feed for a few minutes and not have the feed going straight toward the filter system.

Truth be told I did stop monitoring kWh consumption though as it's an unattractive number and has a tendency to get worse over time.

They also work great for shutting down C02 systems at night and automatically firing them back up again once the lights come on.