Re: Which would you choose in the $1000 - $1800 range?

In article <OfCdnd6L3dVsfSnYnZ2dnUVZ_syunZ2d@xxxxxxxxxxxx>,
"£ Î Z @ R Ð" <jattea@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Why not put the machine on a timer if you do not want to leave it powered
up
all the time?

Thank you for informing me on the reason for the long warm-up time. In my
research (primarily on wholelattelove), I didn't come by that bit of
information.

If I were to leave the machine on 24 hours a day, what would that cost?
I.e., what kind of "light bulb equivalent? would that be? Would it cause
excess wear and tear on the machine?

Jonathan

Figure a lightbulb is 60-100 watts and most of the higher end espresso
machines are 1200 watts. The difference is that the espresso machine is
not alway consuming that much power, but it will be considerably more
than a light bulb.

Just listening to the 'clicks' of my Alex, I suspect that it is 'on'
about 50% of the time, on meaning heater running which is the biggest
power consumer. Assuming that is correct, Alex while on is equivalent
to a 600 watt light bulb.

Does that help or confuse?? ;-)
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