Equipment and Power Consumption
I have tried to look at the possible power consumption of my aquarium and have considered the equipment that I buy accordingly. The main area I considered for saving power use was with lighting. The advent of LED lights seems to offer a great saving over traditional T5 and particularly metal halide lights - hopefully no coolling needed.
Equipment List
Aquabeam 1000HD 30w x 2 60w (10 hours)
Heater 300w 300w (intermittant)
Eheim Compact 3000 55w 55w (24 hours)
Instant Ocean Skimm 800 18w 18w (24 hours)
Korelia Evo 4000 4.5w x 2 9w (24 hours)
Sump Light LED 20w 20w (12hours)
maximum load at any one time = 462 watts. without heater =162 watts
Aquabeam 1000HD 30w x 2 60w (10 hours)
Heater 300w 300w (intermittant)
Eheim Compact 3000 55w 55w (24 hours)
Instant Ocean Skimm 800 18w 18w (24 hours)
Korelia Evo 4000 4.5w x 2 9w (24 hours)
Sump Light LED 20w 20w (12hours)
maximum load at any one time = 462 watts. without heater =162 watts