Weather forecast, yikes!!

[Guest]

I will check again , maybe I’m wrong?

[TOM4CWB]

That's some expensive electricity.

At 14 cents per kwh (SK farm price) it works out to about half that cost here. And that is only if the fan is moving max air and max rated power, which a bin full of grain will not allow a fan to do.

Here the "electrical distribution cost" is twice the electricity consumption cost.... Fans all got turned off last night... no more "carbon free drying" this year... so wonderfully blessed we got 80% of our crop...carbon free solar... wind powered ...dried grain!!! Patience was a virtue this fall!!!

Blessings!!!

[Sodbuster]

Gonna wait for a bit
Hard to believe, but it costs about $25/day to run a 5 hp fan !

Yikes,😮😱 I hope you’re wrong.
Running 2-5hp 1-7.5hp and a 10hp fans today.
25 amps x 240V X 24 hours/1000 X $0.15=$21.60?
If my numbers are correct.

[AlbertaFarmer5]

Gonna wait for a bit
Hard to believe, but it costs about $25/day to run a 5 hp fan !

I haven't done the math.

All I know is having the crop in the bin, regardless of moisture or ambient temperature, and being able to monitor and maintain the grain is infinitely cheaper than having the crop sitting out in the snow all winter because I was waiting for ideal harvest conditions which rarely occur around here.

[TOM4CWB]

Yikes,😮😱 I hope you’re wrong.
Running 2-5hp 1-7.5hp and a 10hp fans today.
25 amps x 240V X 24 hours/1000 X $0.15=$21.60?
If my numbers are correct.

The Swather turned out to be the best wind powered solar collection grain drying machine on the farm this year!!!

With no frost… the swathed wheat turned out #1 13.5px12.6 moisture… can’t get more a efficient zero carbon system than this!!!

Swathed Canola dry… same results!

Cheers

[biglentil]

A horsepower is equivalent to 735watts. An electric fan about 85% efficient. So 10hp is about 9kw/hr or $1/hr in sask.

[AlbertaFarmer5]

The Swather turned out to be the best wind powered solar collection grain drying machine on the farm this year!!!

With no frost… the swathed wheat turned out #1 13.5px12.6 moisture… can’t get more a efficient zero carbon system than this!!!

Swathed Canola dry… same results!

Cheers

Every area and every year is different, but here, I think a swather would have been the death knell for any hope of harvesting towards the end of harvest this year. We've had showers or rain every few days. Standing crop drives enough to continue on without much delay. Swans never do later in the fall. The same seems to be true most years around here.

[Guest]

I will check again , maybe I’m wrong?

Checked with the power gods
$23.16/day/5 hp (21 amp) aeration fan !

[Guest]

A horsepower is equivalent to 735watts. An electric fan about 85% efficient. So 10hp is about 9kw/hr or $1/hr in sask.

They’re saying Amp x volts x 1.73 = watts
5 hp (21 amp) x 208 volts x 1.73 = 7556 watts @100 % efficiency
Still $20.95/day at 85%
One of us is wrong ? Probably me ?

[Guest]

That's some expensive electricity.

At 14 cents per kwh (SK farm price) it works out to about half that cost here. And that is only if the fan is moving max air and max rated power, which a bin full of grain will not allow a fan to do.

We’re at $.1666/kWh all said and done