so following on from our last video where we compare time scales on standard charges
versus fast charges today we're going to be looking at the cost is it still
more cost effective to have battery power over petrol or gas power because now we're in 2022
electric prices have gone through the roof yes they're double what they were this time last year
we're now paying on average 40 pence per kilowatt hour whereas last year this time we're paying 21
pence how does it boil down to using battery equipment compared to petrol well in this test
we have got two smart meters yes just simple ones you plug in the wall you can get them on amazon
you can have a look at what the price is in your area very very cost effectively they're about 25
quid each but we're going to plug them into here one standard charger one fast charger because
we want to see if there's also a cost difference between using one of these chargers as well so as
you can see both these five amp hour batteries are both flashing red but means they're both
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hazemachinery.co.uk to view the full range cheers so we've pre-programmed our smart meters
at 40 pence per kilowatt hour which is roughly the uk average it will vary in your area so
you can work it out accordingly got a little timer on here as well we've got two 5 amp hour
280 watt hour batteries on a standard and a fast charger we're going to plug them in
as quickly as we can together and we're going to put the timer on as well just so that
you can see that there's no jiggery pokery going on so we're going to start the timer
so i can see it's already started reading what watson is pulling in through the cable
as you can see the fast charger is already pulling in 2 000 and sorry 200 308 watts 373 watts
171 watts on the standard charger and it's got a timer on the top here as well so that one's
been going for 26 seconds that's been going for 23 seconds and i got the clock down here as well so
hopefully all together they'll tie in nicely because you've got the
green light flashing here green light flashing here and an increment digital monitor up here as
well digital i don't know led there we go five minute mark yes we are at the five minute mark
and so far the standard charger hasn't actually even registered as a penny yet at 40 pence
per kilowatt hour that has not registered and that one there is at one pence on the fast charger
but obviously it has charged more so this the second increment of that battery is flashing
we're still only the first increment on this one's flashing oh very interesting very
right interesting we're at the 30 minute mark oh yes where are we this one is nearly charged we're
expecting about 40 minutes like it was in the last test and this one is just flashing between well
onto nearly the 40 mark there so it's coming along costing so far only nine pence and it's
nearly charged so look how it's so cost effective to charge a battery i thought it was going to be
loads more that so i'm really amazed which i'm now going to hand you over to my brother to explain
what a kilowatt hour is yes what this is all measured in what is a kilowatt hour norman
hello fellow farmers i'm norman and today you're wondering what khw means what's a kilowatt hour
it's a thousand watts and that's how they measure your electricity to charge you so they can take
your money and milk your money out of you to pay for your electric well how does a kilowatt hour
work a lot of people think it's how much how many watts you use in an hour but it's actually not
it's what it what it is is how long it takes an appliance to use a thousand watts so if you take a
light bulb you know one of these things with that on the bottom and some sparky things coming at
the top that is that is a 100 watt light bulb it will take 10 hours to use a thousand watts but if
you've got a 2000 appliance like a kettle you know for boiling your water then that's only going to
take half an hour it's actually quite interesting interesting thing you can hear now is that this
battery is nearly full but when i commented on this at 30 minutes into four and a half minutes
ago that this one's at like 500 watts so it's getting to the top end of the battery capacity
so the charger is allowing the battery to slow down its charge so the top end of the battery is
charged a lot slower than what it is of when it is in the middle peak of its battery so it's really
interesting that it's dropping the draw as it's getting fuller so there we are battery fans yes
that is now full that battery is full and it has cost 11 pence which i believe in dollars is like
14 cents it cost 11 pence to charge that battery as you saw that the draw the wattage draw that is
coming through the smart meter has been dropping for the last like five minutes it was up at like
500 and it's really just dropped down gradually and slowly and slowly and slowly and it's now
dropped a lot lower than what the draw is on the standard charger the standard charge has been
around that 170 eight 179 mark now the whole time has been charging what we're gonna do now just see
how hot these batteries are in the chargers do it now on the little vents that is 20 degrees
and on the standard charger there is also 20 degrees so very similar temperatures on both
batteries as you can see obviously the fast charger charges it quicker and uses 11 pence
there we are guys right just before the 100 minute mark that battery has fully charged
but we're at 12 pence on this one and 11 pens on this one by the time this one's finished dropping
and completely finished its cycle i reckon that will be at 12 pence as well which makes sense
you know it's two five amp power batteries with 280 watt hours of goodness inside them
but they're almost now gone to zero the charger has shut down so i'll take both out both out
both fully charged so there we are yeah the fast charger has cost 12 pence and took
51 minutes and the standard charger cost 11 pence and took an hour and 41. it's amazing you know
that one's going for longer but it doesn't cost as much who knew 12 pence to charge a battery
in 2022 what can you buy for 12 pence you can't even buy a freddo anymore but you can charge a
battery doesn't matter which charge you buy whether it's fast or standard for cost-wise
it's got me thinking 12 pence worth of power in there right okay we've got another video coming
up with an ego strimmer and a petrol trimmer and we're going to put 12 pence worth of fuel
yeah at 2022 prices in a strimmer and put it up against an ego strimmer and see which one
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