How much does it cost to heat a carom table?

[bud green]

Curious if anyone knows the average cost for keeping a table like a Gabriel heated 24/7 for a full month. A couple of local rooms don't heat their tables anymore and I've heard outlandish numbers on the cost of heating them. Like over a grand a month for one table.

 

[Texas Carom Club]

lmao
vietnamese?

 

[bud green]

Not Vietnamese.

Couple of rooms in Norcal. Someone told me it cost almost 2 grand a month...I have a real hard time believing it but was curious if a different room owner somewhere had an accurate figure. You never know with just one room; they could have other issues going on.

 

[RickMalm]

Noticed this post in the past.

Heated pool/billiard tables?

I understand that the high end billiards tables are heated so that they will play the same no matter what the temperature is and the humidity. So why arent the high end pool tables heated, or has anyone actually seen a heated pool table...

forums.azbilliards.com

 

[Zerksies]

My boss was cheap at the pool hall. If it cost a grand a month to heat a table he wouldn't of gotten a second table

 

[Bob Jewett]

So far as I know, the maximum power for the heater is around 600W. It depends on the room and how the heater is installed, but I think the average power is probably around 300W. If that's true and you heat the table 24 hours a day and the cost per kilowatt hour is $0.15, it is easy to calculate the cost per year:

0.3kW*24 hours/day * 365 days/year * $0.15/KWh = $400/year roughly, or $30/month. (Someone should check my calculation.)

If the table settles down to 100W after it heats up, then it's about $130/year or $20/month. If it ran at 100% power -- a very unlikely case -- those costs would double.

So.... to really know the cost, you have to plug in the average watts the table is using.

Keep the table covered when not in use, and make sure there is no air circulation under the table. Some heating systems are designed with a closed box under the slate.

Not included in this calculation is the fact that any heat generated goes into the room. In the winter this is good. If you have AC on in the summer, this is bad. If you are on electric heat anyway in the winter, there is no extra cost to heat the table.

 

[dan bennicas]

I used my heater on my 10' Soren Sogaard when I started playing 3-cushion for almost two years and my electric bill averaged about $45.00 a month more. The heater was always on. I used more electricity in the summer because Hilton Head Island, South Carolina is a sub-tropical climate and the air-condition use is extensive. When the table is heated to a constant 85 degrees the ambient heat will heat more then just the room the table is in. Since I have been experimenting with my Syn-Surf playing surface and Syn-Rail rail surface a heater is not required. I have not played on billiard cloth on my table for 8 years. I get 5% to10% more distance with Syn-Surf with no heat used. I have not taken my table apart for to recover for more than 8 years. Syn-Surf is a lay-flat material on a roll and it goes on top of the existing cloth. Syn-Surf cannot be sold at this time because some of the laminated materials that are used for manufacture are not available at this time from foreign sources. Syn-Surf lays flat and works on tables that are smaller than 10'. (My search goes on !)

 

[Fatboy]

Not Vietnamese.

Couple of rooms in Norcal. Someone told me it cost almost 2 grand a month...I have a real hard time believing it but was curious if a different room owner somewhere had an accurate figure. You never know with just one room; they could have other issues going on.

PG&E is no joke.

I believe it