Robotic milking

[Jdunn55]

In simple terms 1000l of your cows milk per lactation is for electric!! Jesus paps there has to be ways to lower that

Scary when you think about it like that! @pappuller do you have a way of breaking down what is using the electric? Obviously can't cut back on the robots themselves but how much is used by ancillary stuff like lighting?

 

[Beef farmer]

In simple terms 1000l of your cows milk per lactation is for electric!! Jesus paps there has to be ways to lower that

Yeah, milk them ya self.

We are using the 1st 125l of milk to pay leccy. But to renew now would see us using 200l to pay it

 

[Beef farmer]

Scary when you think about it like that! @pappuller do you have a way of breaking down what is using the electric? Obviously can't cut back on the robots themselves but how much is used by ancillary stuff like lighting?

Refer to ATD

 

[pappuller]

Any solar panels at all?

Single phase so maxed at 10kw

 

[Jdunn55]

Refer to ATD

What's ATD?

 

[Beef farmer]

All Things Dairy

 

[pappuller]

In simple terms 1000l of your cows milk per lactation is for electric!! Jesus paps there has to be ways to lower that

Extra 700k litres won't utilise anywhere near present usage, should drop average to below 2kw/cow/day
Biggest cost by far is production of air for bots, thats where the a5s are supposed to be less energy hungry

 

[Jdunn55]

All Things Dairy

Ahh yes, just been diagnosed clinically blind after opening that

 

[Salopian1]

Using roughly 515/cow by my maths, that’s 3.1 milkings with about 1.65million litres. Got 80kw of solar aswell!

Extra 700k litres won't utilise anywhere near present usage, should drop average to below 2kw/cow/day
Biggest cost by far is production of air for bots, thats where the a5s are supposed to be less energy hungry

What robots are you running? Got 2 Lely a5s and farm meter (no house) uses 100kw/day for 1.2 million litres. Would like some solar but waiting to see if there will be another FIT scheme anytime soon
Our air compressor runs on average for 2-3 hours a day

 

[Scholsey]

What robots are you running? Got 2 Lely a5s and farm meter (no house) uses 100kw/day for 1.2 million litres. Would like some solar but waiting to see if there will be another FIT scheme anytime soon
Our air compressor runs on average for 2-3 hours a day

fullwood m2s, should have similar usage to a5s.

 

[pappuller]

What robots are you running? Got 2 Lely a5s and farm meter (no house) uses 100kw/day for 1.2 million litres. Would like some solar but waiting to see if there will be another FIT scheme anytime soon
Our air compressor runs on average for 2-3 hours a day

What robots are you running? Got 2 Lely a5s and farm meter (no house) uses 100kw/day for 1.2 million litres. Would like some solar but waiting to see if there will be another FIT scheme anytime soon
Our air compressor runs on average for 2-3 hours a day

3 soon to be 4 a4s they rely on an awful lot of air

 

[Hanspree]

Don't think you need to add " running robots" to you question.
Any leccy contract that comes up for renewal is going to be savage

Great is new technology but it all needs electric.
We've 3 robots 1.65 mill litres running at 1.26ppl, and thats farm house, younstock and dry cows. Thought it was high.
New electric contract starts october 2022. Maybe not such a bad deal looking about now.

 

[Scholsey]

Great is new technology but it all needs electric.
We've 3 robots 1.65 mill litres running at 1.26ppl, and thats farm house, younstock and dry cows. Thought it was high.
New electric contract starts october 2022. Maybe not such a bad deal looking about now.

Had the broker who sorted latest electric contract help me work out our usage, it’s a bit raw but looks somewhere near.

 

[TheRanger]

Had the broker who sorted latest electric contract help me work out our usage, it’s a bit raw but looks somewhere near.View attachment 1014627

Was always told it’s roughly 1/3 hot water, 1/3 vacuum, 1/3 cooling. Looks about right going by those figures.

 

[farmerste]

we have 2 A5s, and are using roughly 1.2kw /cow per day

 

[Bald Rick]

3 soon to be 4 a4s they rely on an awful lot of air

Have you thought about using an alternative compressor other than tank storage?
When we were running 4 then 6 bots, we had a direct supply. It appeared to use a lot less power as it was basically ticking over rather than going balls out to fill a tank on a regular basis

Dave’s your man

Compressor Care – Compressor Care

compressorcare.com

 

[pappuller]

Have you thought about using an alternative compressor other than tank storage?
When we were running 4 then 6 bots, we had a direct supply. It appeared to use a lot less power as it was basically ticking over rather than going balls out to fill a tank on a regular basis

Dave’s your man

Compressor Care – Compressor Care

compressorcare.com

Single phase is our big restriction

 

[Bald Rick]

Single phase is our big restriction

yeah … I can see that.

Best £17k we’ve spent having three phase installed with 400kw transformer

Damn monopoly though so can charge what they feel like

 

[pappuller]

yeah … I can see that.

Best £17k we’ve spent having three phase installed with 400kw transformer

Damn monopoly though so can charge what they feel like

Last quote was £54k 5 yrs ago

 

[frederick]

Last quote was £54k 5 yrs ago

We had one quote over 250 k. 17poles and a railway line.
110k to come 1800m new cable.
Good news is they are now upgrading our line due to its age and a third cable is now always hung on upgrades.
Not sure we are going to be able to negotiate much in the works process but I'm now happy the quote is 35k.