Good afternoon,
Is there some place that I can find how much energy each roast uses? We’re trying to do some accounting and figure out costs. Rasmus had sent me an example however it looked to be on an older version of Roasttime?
Cheers,
Ricardo
When you click on a roast in RoasTime and you look at your profile, on the right you have all the data of said roast. At the bottom, right after humidity and ambient temperature, you’ll find your energy usage. I haven’t activated anything before seeing it for the first time, so it should be there by default. Of course, this piece of data is only available after you’ve finished roasting.
Since I presume you have it, is the Bullet lying about consumption? Just a yes or no, not really interested how much.
I haven’t compared. I will next roast.
The killawatt will tally the preheat power, I don’t know if the bullet counts that as part of “the roast”.
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I haven’t found time to reply before, but since you’ve deleted the post, I’m guessing you’ve managed to find it.
I’ll probably compare this week, but wondering if you measured for accuracy yet? Does it allow people to avoid using a watt meter?
No, I’ve just asked if the other user had measured it because he had the device. I don’t really think it’s relevant, judging from my bills. Even if there is a difference, which I pretty much doubt, it certainly won’t be a whole KW instead of reported 250-300W per roast. Espresso machine with a boiler and heating element has a much greater impact. That’s why I’ve stopped using it recently. There just isn’t that much benefit when you factor in the costs. Simply not sustainable, and I tend to prefer flavor over intensity/strength. I might just sell it, as soon as I replace the PID unit, and maybe get one of those manual lever thingies.
Definitely go manual lever if you like a bit of chaos with absolute control. The reward is a more personal take on espresso. I’ve enjoyed having a spring lever group, but one of my friends has a manual lever that he made brilliantly good espresso with.
And true, in terms of usage, the Bullet is pretty effficent on power. The only times it is pulling more than 300watts (110v) is during peak power moments that might add up to a few minutes. So it ends up being more like running a 300watt lightbulb for two hours.
I’ll update next time I roast, to see about the power usage accuracy.
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I measured my energy usage today during a roast.
Peak usage mid-roast = 1485w, ~14a
End of Roast = 1032w, ~9a
Total for initial preheat and three roasts = 1.3kWh
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