mlano1
Active Member
hey all,
I've been getting great results from my 1000w and thought it would be time for an upgrade, but thanks to PG&E's pissass rates (currently on a tiered system up to 44c a kwh) i was thinking about a generator, so I found this briggs and stratton home power generator, which i could just hook up to my current gas line and run my grow lights offa that. http://www.electricgeneratorsdirect.com/Briggs-&-Stratton-40248/p889.html. whatcha guys think? imean a $900 a month gas bill for 5 1000 watters is surely better than a $2400 a month electric bill.
Oh and how would cooling 5 of those fuckers work anyway? imean my garage (thats right i live in the garage) heats up by like 10 degrees when the light turns on which is nice in the winter but once the hot summer rolls around neither i or my plants will be able to handle THAT. but i do have no problem cutting a bigass 12' hole in my wall to exhaust them, but id rather not buy a a/c cuz that just uses more electricity and i would feel really stupid paying for electricity to make the heat and then paying for electricity to get rid of that heat, I just made.
oh and since its a home generator, I've been hoping that it would be able to handle the load of running 24/7 with a draw of 5000watts.
thanks and any advice appreciated, If i do go through with this, ill definetly post a guide, I'd be using co2, DWC bubble buckets, awesome nutes, awesome lighting, the works. (its all medical btw
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and one added side benefit, everyone knows the powe companies look for huge spikes in power usage, like this, but I dont think anyone would be on the lookout for a spike in gas usage would they?
I've been getting great results from my 1000w and thought it would be time for an upgrade, but thanks to PG&E's pissass rates (currently on a tiered system up to 44c a kwh) i was thinking about a generator, so I found this briggs and stratton home power generator, which i could just hook up to my current gas line and run my grow lights offa that. http://www.electricgeneratorsdirect.com/Briggs-&-Stratton-40248/p889.html. whatcha guys think? imean a $900 a month gas bill for 5 1000 watters is surely better than a $2400 a month electric bill.
Oh and how would cooling 5 of those fuckers work anyway? imean my garage (thats right i live in the garage) heats up by like 10 degrees when the light turns on which is nice in the winter but once the hot summer rolls around neither i or my plants will be able to handle THAT. but i do have no problem cutting a bigass 12' hole in my wall to exhaust them, but id rather not buy a a/c cuz that just uses more electricity and i would feel really stupid paying for electricity to make the heat and then paying for electricity to get rid of that heat, I just made.
oh and since its a home generator, I've been hoping that it would be able to handle the load of running 24/7 with a draw of 5000watts.
thanks and any advice appreciated, If i do go through with this, ill definetly post a guide, I'd be using co2, DWC bubble buckets, awesome nutes, awesome lighting, the works. (its all medical btw
)and one added side benefit, everyone knows the powe companies look for huge spikes in power usage, like this, but I dont think anyone would be on the lookout for a spike in gas usage would they?