“Shoot up”? That depends on how big your motor is and what your electricity rate is.
You see, motors are rated by either amps or horsepower. If your motor is horsepower, to know how much electricity it uses you’d have to convert to watts, and the conversion factor is 746 watts per horsepower. If, say, you’re buying a Proform treadmill with a 2.9 horsepower motor, that means that your motor will use almost 1500 watts of power, which is 1.5 kilowatts.
Now, what is your electricity rate? if you use your treadmill for one hour a day, that will be 1.5 kilowatt-hours times 30, or 45 KWH per month. Your electricity rate (in KWH) times 45 will be the increase in your electricity bill.
If your motor is listed in amps, the conversion is a little simpler, since volts X amps = watts. If you’re in the Isles (instead of here on the Boston Tea Party side of the Atlantic), your voltage is 240, right? Let’s say that your motor’s amperage is 8. So 240 X 8 = 1920 watts, which is 1.9 KW, which would then give you 1.9 KWH X 30, which would be just about 60 KWH per month. Multiply that by your electricity rate, and that’s the amount of electricity your treadmill will use, and thus would be the increase in your bill.
A further thought: why a treadmill, and how many of you will use it? Just you? As far as expense goes, that’s good, because a good treadmill isn’t cheap. It can’t be, because it takes a terrific pounding, and has to endure that for many hours.
You don’t say if you’re going to be walking or running on it. That will make a difference. If you’re walking, you’ll be able to get by with a smaller treadmill, with an 18″ belt, and a lighter (smaller) motor. If you’ll be running on it for an hour, you’re going to need a much more robust one that will be twice as expensive.
How much do you weigh? You will land on the treadmill bed and belt, and you will jar the motor, with 2 1/2 times your weight with each step. Most treadmill manufacturers overstate the capacity of their mills by 50 pounds, so be generous with yourself.
Also, do not be “penny wise and pound foolish.” If you’re really going to use it an hour a day, spend more at the start rather than wear it out and have to buy another, more expensive one.
Hope this helps.
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HI we have bought a house and intend moving soon.
Whilst weve been inthe house it had electricity and gas but after the signing the electricity appeast to be cut off-
I am unable to contact the seller to ask him . but does the seller usually stop his electricity and gas and we have to get new suppliers???
I jsut need to know if this is the the case - or if something else has happened do we need to get someone to fix it??
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