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Does anyone know in general what the cost difference is on average a month between 1hp vs 3hp?
I understand your can add it up with what the pumps say but is there a huge difference other than 20-30 operating cost?
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This might help. Computing electric motor operating costs Looks like running a 3 hp motor 24/7 would run in the neighborhood of a couple hundred bucks per month. A one hp a third of that or around 65 bucks. Depending on what you pay for electricity.
Last edited by snrub; 09/01/16 10:19 PM.
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I have probably spent a couple hundred in nine months on gas trying to keep my leaker to a reasonable level, and now with only 0.9 inches of rain in the past 37 days, it is getting serious. No water to pump for the last month. I think running an electric pump to get the same volume of water would have been a lot cheaper, had my setup allowed an electric pump. A one hp electric pump would use about 800 watts. Running 24/7 it would use about 19 kWh per day, 570 per month, for a cost of about $60 per month. It's directly proportional. A three hp would cost about $180/month to operate. That's an average cost. YMMV.
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