Power consumption

PHL1968

OK I’ve been off work and my r58 has been on about 12 hours a day according to manual peak power rating is 1.55 kwh it doesn’t however give a running power as such.

How much power would you assume it runs in the 12 hr period making mabe 5 drinks over the 12 hr period!

When at work I switch on for a couple hours in the morning and again at night.

Is there e any benefit from leaving it on instead on on and off Regards longevity of the machine?

DavecUK

PHL1968 The following questions will help us advise on power consumption and your questions:

Is the steam boiler off, on when you need it, or on all the time.
Of those 5 drinks, what are they and how many require the steam boiler to be on
Do you use the hot water tap and what for

As you can imagine, the way you use it greatly affects power consumption.

PHL1968

Thanks for reply

All milk based drinks so steam boiler on all time, don’t use hot water tap at all.

I’m assuming once up to remp boiler just kicks in and out to keep temp so really I suppose the question is does it use more energy to keep water at 94 degrees then warming up from room temperature again at 5pm?

DavecUK

PHL1968 All milk based drinks so steam boiler on all time, don’t use hot water tap at all.

I’m assuming once up to remp boiler just kicks in and out to keep temp so really I suppose the question is does it use more energy to keep water at 94 degrees then warming up from room temperature again at 5pm?

It definitely does use more energy to keep the water at 94C rather than letting it warm up again
If you make all milk based drinks, switch the steam boiler off when you have finished making the milk based drink. Just switch it on when you need to steam again
It’s good you don’t use the HW tap for your drinks, a kettle is far more economical

All these things will reduce overall power consumption. The machine running just the group (no steam in winter) uses around 90W when running (once it’s fully warmed up), perhaps slightly more on the R58, because the brew boiler isn’t insulated.

Gagaryn

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