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			<title><![CDATA[Re: Cost to run filastruder ?]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[<p>Yes.</p>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2014 18:32:26 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Re: Cost to run filastruder ?]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[<p>So calculating 6A at 12 is same as 0.6A at 120 ?</p>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2014 18:02:18 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Re: Cost to run filastruder ?]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[<div class="quotebox"><cite>tonycstech wrote:</cite><blockquote><p>Agreed.</p><p>Question. 12V 6A power supply does not draw 12V from 110v outlet, it draws 110v and converts it to 12v<br />Do i need to input 110 instead of 12 into my calculator ?<br />Because when i do, cost to produce 2 LB of PLA is 18 bucks if it takes 72 hrs to do so.</p></blockquote></div><br /><p>No. It draws about 0.6A at 110V.</p>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2014 15:05:17 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Re: Cost to run filastruder ?]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[<p>Agreed.</p><p>Question. 12V 6A power supply does not draw 12V from 110v outlet, it draws 110v and converts it to 12v<br />Do i need to input 110 instead of 12 into my calculator ?<br />Because when i do, cost to produce 2 LB of PLA is 18 bucks if it takes 72 hrs to do so.</p>]]></description>
			<author><![CDATA[null@example.com (tonycstech)]]></author>
			<pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2014 07:40:43 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Re: Cost to run filastruder ?]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[<p>I don&#039;t recall the Filastruder ever being marketed as a tool for commercial filament production.</p><p>To me I see it as enabling me to produce cheaper filament in different colours at quantities that I consume rather than having to buy larger spools which sit around for months/years.</p><p>Also, given the original competition (which Lyman won) actually mentioned that it would result in the commercial suppliers dropping their prices, so it seems the competition has worked.</p><p>Further to the above, given that (to my knowledge and I have not researched again recently), the Filastruder is one of the cheapest extruded kits available, it would be interesting to see you calculations against an extruded that costs 2 or 3 times the price.</p>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2014 06:40:25 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Re: Cost to run filastruder ?]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[<p>Ill have to check. Maybe i am getting 6-7 inches as i reported in my review 3-6 inches. It just seemed very slow after almost 23 inches extruding ABS MG94, that thing was AWESOME.</p><p>Anyway.<br />So the cost of filament (cost to run filastruder is not even worth considering) is nothing more then the cost of getting pellets.<br />So $7.50+5-6 sipping, about $13-$14 for 2LB of filament.</p><p>Ebay now has 2LB PLA for $20 free shipping, thats 6-7 dollars cheaper then do it your self. I would have to extrude around 100 ponds of PLA or 50 spools in order for filastruder to pay for its self.<br />By that time, cost of running filastruder will add up to (you should consider it now) level making me extrude another maybe 4-6 pounds to compensate for the electricity.</p><p>In order to sell colored filament, i have to peletize extruded filament and extrude it again to get perfect color blend. This will increase electricity bill 2 times.<br />Sell it for $20 and ship it free (pay for shipping my self around 5-6) should make me around 1 dollar in profit AND only if spool was free.</p><p>I say...... am not sure what to do, cry or laugh.<br />Clearly filastruder is not to re-sell, but to make it 30% cheaper and only after you extrude 100 pounds of usable filament.</p><p>Am i not calculating it right ? I a only roughly estimating in my head.</p>]]></description>
			<author><![CDATA[null@example.com (tonycstech)]]></author>
			<pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2014 06:22:50 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Re: Cost to run filastruder ?]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[<p>Not at 1.75mm filament. Most users report 6-7&quot;/min. I would say maybe you should try increasing temperature a little, or perhaps there is some problem with your nozzle.</p>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2014 06:02:52 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Re: Cost to run filastruder ?]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[<p>2-3 inches per minute is normal for PLA, int it ?</p>]]></description>
			<author><![CDATA[null@example.com (tonycstech)]]></author>
			<pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2014 05:55:04 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Re: Cost to run filastruder ?]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[<p>Those power calcs are fine. You&#039;re not accounting for power supply inefficiency, but you&#039;re also not accounting for the fact it doesn&#039;t draw 6 amps after initial warmup. This balances out to make your estimate reasonable. FilaWinder costs about $0.01 every 24 hours. </p><p>The cost of power is basically negligible, especially at more normal extrusion speeds (not sure why you&#039;re going so slow).</p>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2014 05:46:19 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Cost to run filastruder ?]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[<p>Here is what i have:<br />filastruder Power Supply 12V 6A<br />12V*6A=72 watt or 0.072 Kilowatt<br />Cost per kilowatt in my area is about 7.60 cents<br />72 hrs to extrude 2LB of PLA.<br />0.072 kilowatt*72hrs=5.184 kilowatt consumed to produce 2LB of PLA.<br />5.184 kilowatt cost&nbsp; almost 40 cents to run the machine<br />2LB of PLA pellets cost $7.50 + shipping about $5-6 on top.</p><p>I am not including the cost on running Filawinder at the same time.</p><p>Am i not calculating this right ?</p><br /><p>I am no mathematician, so please tell me how i need to calculate this to come up with a reasonable numbers.</p><p>I made small application to calculate it. Am not sure its calculating it correct but am sure filastruder team would like the results <img src="https://www.soliforum.com/img/smilies/smile.png" width="15" height="15" alt="smile" /><br /><span class="postimg"><img src="http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af64/garbageplace/FORUMS/ACAdapterPCC_zpsc1a71b7b.jpg~original" alt="http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af64/garbageplace/FORUMS/ACAdapterPCC_zpsc1a71b7b.jpg~original" /></span></p>]]></description>
			<author><![CDATA[null@example.com (tonycstech)]]></author>
			<pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2014 05:13:40 +0000</pubDate>
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