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Old 19-05-2009, 07:41 PM
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hi, does any one know roughly how much it costs to for a 100 watt basking light a day,as im trying to sort out my electric costs etc
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Old 19-05-2009, 08:40 PM
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Dont know myself but might be worth looking on one of the energy suppliers website and asking the same question or even wikipedia - if you do find out would be interesting to know please
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If you run a 100W lamp for 10 hours it consumes one kilowatt hour of electricity, which is one unit on your bill.
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