Do you want to please your kids with a rubber castle? How much does that cost in electricity | MyGuide

With energy prices soaring, we probably think about it more today than in other years. Not only is the bouncy castle rental price, but its depreciation also makes people think twice. Is it a good idea to rent a rubber castle for your communion party? Or will you end up with an extra hot energy bill?

To find out, two things matter: the bouncy castle motor and the current energy price per kilowatt-hour (kWh). A short research into The Wonderful World of Bouncy Castles informs us that the consumption of an electric motor that blows a bouncy castle is on average 1,500 watts per hour, or 1.5 kilowatts per hour. Of course there are more economical and less economical models, but 1500 watts per hour gives us a good indication.

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Of course, bouncy castles can’t rise enough for the little ones among us. During company and spring celebrations, they can stand upright for eight hours, which is good for a total consumption of 12 kWh.

As a consumer you pay today on average €0.46 per kilowatt-hour of energy. We base this on the latest data available from VREG, the Flemish power regulator. This brings the cost of eight hours of jumping to €5.52 (12 x 0.46). By comparison: if you plugged in a bouncy castle for eight hours in May last year, it would cost you 3.24 euros. The price of a kilowatt-hour at that time was 0.27 euros.

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