However, our counter-current systems are not only more economical than comparable products. The turbines also consume less electricity than typical household appliances. For example, if you calculate the energy requirement for half an hour of swimming with a HydroStar BGA 160 at the highest level, then this adds up to to 0.435 kWh. At a price of 37 cents per kilowatt hour, electricity costs amount to just around 16 cents.
In contrast, an average oven consumes around 1 kWh per half hour (convection mode), which is more than twice as much energy. This almost creates a dilemma, because if you make a pasta bake with grated cheese, the calories of the meal are added to the energy consumption of the oven – around 380 calories. Thus, should you save electricity while swimming or eat pasta instead? In this case, we advise you to be less hard on yourself – both are good for you and make you happy. And by training with the HydroStar, whether before or after your pasta bake, your personal energy levels will definitely be in balance in the end.
Incidentally, it’s not just the oven that generates significantly higher electricity costs than our counterflow systems – a toaster (0.6 kWh/22 cents), a coffee maker (0.6 kWh/22 cents) and an iron (0.5 kWh/19 cents) also require more energy per half hour.