Guest guest Posted December 22, 2008 Report Share Posted December 22, 2008 Hi all, Does anyone know how much power it takes to run a dehydrator? My room mate is wondering if mine is going to spike the electric bill (Nesco - 500 watts). While I'm at it, the Excalibur is touted as the favored by raw foodists but I've also been looking at the Good4U model. Has anyone had a chance to use both and have an opinion? Thanks, Lorri Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 23, 2008 Report Share Posted December 23, 2008 Don't have an answer about the electrical use but I doubt if it will " spike " your bill. And you could keep it in a room that needs to have the chill taken off and figure it into living warmth. That's what we do with ours, it runs in the office and just barely takes the chill off. Does the Nesco have a temperature guage? If not, it's probably set over 250 degrees. Home dehydrators are designed to make beef jerky and need to be a high temp to keep the bacteria down in meat. I have the Excalibur and like it because I can control the inside temperature. Shari Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 23, 2008 Report Share Posted December 23, 2008 My nesco has a temp control and it's very efficient. Great little dehydrator but doesn't have the ease of use like the Excalibur. We also use it as a warmer ! ! ! Toni On Tue, Dec 23, 2008 at 10:03 AM, SV <shavig wrote: > Don't have an answer about the electrical use but I doubt if it will > " spike " your bill. And you could keep it in a room that needs to have the > chill taken off and figure it into living warmth. That's what we do with > ours, it runs in the office and just barely takes the chill off. > > Does the Nesco have a temperature guage? If not, it's probably set over > 250 degrees. Home dehydrators are designed to make beef jerky and need to > be a high temp to keep the bacteria down in meat. I have the Excalibur and > like it because I can control the inside temperature. > > Shari > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 23, 2008 Report Share Posted December 23, 2008 Shari, That's a good idea of running it in a colder room. The bedroom here is partially underground so stays pretty cool, I only turn on the heater in there for a while before going to bed, I'm definitely going to try that :-) The particular one I have does have a temp control of 95 - 155 degrees. I've used it a couple of times now and it seems to work pretty well, I will want one of the larger units eventually but thought this little guy would at least get me dehydrating on a smaller level. Thanks, Lorri _____ On Behalf Of SV Tuesday, December 23, 2008 7:03 AM Re: Dehydrators Don't have an answer about the electrical use but I doubt if it will " spike " your bill. And you could keep it in a room that needs to have the chill taken off and figure it into living warmth. That's what we do with ours, it runs in the office and just barely takes the chill off. Does the Nesco have a temperature guage? If not, it's probably set over 250 degrees. Home dehydrators are designed to make beef jerky and need to be a high temp to keep the bacteria down in meat. I have the Excalibur and like it because I can control the inside temperature. Shari Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 23, 2008 Report Share Posted December 23, 2008 Well I Googled it, guess I could have done that first :-) I found several different estimates: one for .03 cents per hour, one for .09 cents per hour, one from a utility company estimating .49 cents for a 24 time period (compared to a coffee maker at 1.63 for a 24 hour period). Obviously these are going to vary depending on area. These were all for the Excaliber 9 tray, so I'm no longer worried about sending our power bill through the roof. Thanks for all the responses, Lorri _____ On Behalf Of Catherine Tuesday, December 23, 2008 11:36 AM Re: Dehydrators I remeber reading about the power usage, cant remmeber where , I am sure it was a google search. I seem to remember something like .30c 24 hours (I could be way off) Catherine - SV @ <%40> Tuesday, December 23, 2008 7:03 AM Re: Dehydrators Don't have an answer about the electrical use but I doubt if it will " spike " your bill. And you could keep it in a room that needs to have the chill taken off and figure it into living warmth. That's what we do with ours, it runs in the office and just barely takes the chill off. Does the Nesco have a temperature guage? If not, it's probably set over 250 degrees. Home dehydrators are designed to make beef jerky and need to be a high temp to keep the bacteria down in meat. I have the Excalibur and like it because I can control the inside temperature. Shari Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 23, 2008 Report Share Posted December 23, 2008 Sorry, I forgot to trim that before hitting the big send button. Lorri Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 23, 2008 Report Share Posted December 23, 2008 Thanks for noticing! On Dec 23, 2008, at 3:43 PM, LA wrote: > Sorry, I forgot to trim that before hitting the big send button Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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