Electric Bill outta control???? HELP with heat!

[mdtalley22]

Are you sure that it is your tanks that are doing it? Because I have a frog tank (lights and mister) a bearded dragon (uv and basking lights) and a freshwater fishtank (filter and lights and air pump and heater)...and my bill is only like 50 bucks per month...

[SkeletalFrog]

I'm with Mike - I've got about 400+ watts running at any given time for my herps (lights, heat, UVB, filters, etc.), plus an electronics-heavy household (computers, wifi, TV, Wii, etc.) and mine never goes much above $100/month, even in the summer with the AC window units on.

I'd look to your home lighting and heating/AC as the culprit - 5 rooms with 2 60W bulbs per room is 600W. Especially check that your AC is working well - I've had my bills skyrocket when the AC in and prior apartment was failing and therefore working much harder to achieve the same cooling.

[sajane]

I also have 8 cages with u t h on each.light hoods and basking and night bulbs. my bill is nothing like that or i d hear about it from my husband. I also have crix tubs with uth in the basement and a hermit crab set up