"Sam Hopkins" writes:

There's a device at Radio Shack for like $30.00 that you plug stuff into and
it'll tell youi how much power something is drawing. It'll also count it as
time goes on. So you could plug your pump into it, let it run for a month,
look at your enegry bill to get the kilowatt per hour cost and figure it all
out. Here's the device on the net:

http://store.yahoo.com/ahernstore/p4400.html

OK I ordered one. Thanks Sam! Easier then driving to my friends
to borrow his...