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How is your power bill?

Recently I moved my equipment to our vacation home south of the border. On average the power bill ran about $12 per month. After setting up the three Krell Amps (fpb 350s and a KSA 150) to drive the Maggie 20.1s, etc. and, in addition to listening to music, starting watching nightly action movies through the system as well. The new power bill was almost $70.00!!

Thoughts? Your experience with this?
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jsd52756
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My Krell FPB300cx has the following listed in the owners manual as power consumption;
Stand by; 60w
Idle; 175w
Hauling butt; 1700w

The KCT manual doesn't list the power consumption. It does run very warm at idle so I reckon it sucks some juice.
A small price to pay for the tunes it produces.
-John
eddaytona
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"The current political climate in the U.S. is one of the big reasons that we are making the move!!"

Huh? You don't mean increased DEA inforcement on the US side I assume? LOL

My friends just got highjacked and robbed on the way to Rosarito Beach in Mexico. Headless bodies are turning up all over Baja and the State Dept is telling kids to go elsewhere for spring break.

Enjoy.
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mapman
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At the risk of sounding "smug", Class D amps are the equivalent of hybrid or even electric cars in terms of energy consumption.

Similarly spec'ed and much larger Class A amps are like Hummers!
eldartford
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Obama will probably institute a heavy tax on tube amps, and completely outlaw Class A.
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mapman
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Rumor has it Obama actually likes tubes. They are hip, look cool as they glow and thereby are good for his image!

I think there may be an "earmark" in that recent stimulus package to fund research for more energy efficient valves, though!
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