Energy costs to run a 20x30 grow (numbers posted)

Renfro · Nov 3, 2019

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DoubleAtotheRON · Nov 3, 2019

Renfro said:
There is an add-in you can buy that will let you setup excel to put barcodes in cells on your worksheet so they can be printed and scanned or printed onto labels and such. Pretty cool feature to know about if you need it.

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That's awesome man! ... appreciate the link!

TreeFiddy350 · Nov 4, 2019

Renfro said:
There is an add-in you can buy that will let you setup excel to put barcodes in cells on your worksheet so they can be printed and scanned or printed onto labels and such. Pretty cool feature to know about if you need it.

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Thanks Renfro! I’m gonna check it out too!

xfirex · Nov 9, 2019

Great info thanks for taking the time to explain

Renfro · Nov 9, 2019

DoubleAtotheRON said:
Thanks man!.. gonna give it a go, Ill let you know how it turns out. You da man!

That get your scanner working?

DoubleAtotheRON · Nov 9, 2019

Renfro said:
That get your scanner working?

Working on it bro!. Between the monthly report and daily ops, we’ve been busy as hell. Need to get this going soon tho, especially before harvest.

Blue back · Nov 10, 2019

My cuz has a very similar grow. About exactly the same size only big difference is he has 16 Gavita 1000's. Your bill isn't a quarter of his. Very Nice

Renfro · Nov 10, 2019

Blue back said:
My cuz has a very similar grow. About exactly the same size only big difference is he has 16 Gavita 1000's. Your bill isn't a quarter of his. Very Nice

You still gotta spend money to make money, just don't have to spend as much money.

Havoc0122 · Nov 10, 2019

DoubleAtotheRON said:
So here are the hard numbers. (See attached billing cycle of 2 grows back to back) I am running ...
18 HLG 550 V2's
2 ton Carrier mini split
1- 18,000 BTU wall heat/air unit
1- 20 cubic ft deep freezer (for storing raw processing material)
12- 8ft T5 light fixtures
2- 24 inch oscillating fans
2- 4000 sq ft dehumidifiers
1- 10 inch Hyperfan intake
1- 5 gallon water heater
1- water pump
Thats just the grow room/shop building. The electric bill is all in one to include the grow building, my home, and water well energy to provide 2 homes (my dad has a home on my property 5 months out of the year)

My home AC unit was old and inefficient. I just now upgraded the AC unit to an 18 seer heat pump and all matching Carrier air handler, 5 ton A coil, etc. So, Im sure we will see better numbers in the future.
This last run was for processors fresh frozen bud. We ended up with a 2 month veg, 10 week flower and 153 lbs of market ready product for processors. Hope this info is helpful for future growers.

I'm pretty impressed bro. I would consider you power bill small in comparison to the success you have. Very nice..

DoubleAtotheRON · Nov 10, 2019

Havoc0122 said:
I'm pretty impressed bro. I would consider you power bill small in comparison to the success you have. Very nice..

Thanks!... yes, we have been impressed with the low cost to run the room with the HLG's and our residence. The room is another building about 17 steps away from the house. The power bill is another advantage to living in a somewhat poor State, everything is pretty cheap.

DoubleAtotheRON · Nov 10, 2019

Blue back said:
My cuz has a very similar grow. About exactly the same size only big difference is he has 16 Gavita 1000's. Your bill isn't a quarter of his. Very Nice

I agree.. and this is including a primary residence. (1800 sq ft). and also well house power to keep everything green in the summer. We water with tower sprinklers 24/7 during the hot time of the year. We have about 7 that run all the time. We just let them run for 12-14 hours and then move them to another location. I would say we keep 4 acres really nice and tight.

Renfro · Nov 10, 2019

DoubleAtotheRON said:
The power bill is another advantage to living in a somewhat poor State, everything is pretty cheap.

I miss that about Missouri. I paid half what I pay here for a kWh.

VONDANK420 · Nov 10, 2019

Very nice!!!
What is the avg wattage draw of a single HGL your running?

Renfro · Nov 10, 2019

VONDANK420 said:
Very nice!!!
What is the avg wattage draw of a single HGL your running?

I believe those are right around 480w.

DoubleAtotheRON · Nov 10, 2019

Renfro said:
I believe those are right around 480w.

Correct!.. right at about 485 true draw.

SourDeezz · Nov 11, 2019

I'm having a hard time understanding how you're pulling 8.5 p's a light.

Renfro · Nov 11, 2019

SourDeezz said:
I'm having a hard time understanding how you're pulling 8.5 p's a light.

wet, thats about 1.7 - 1.8 dry

DoubleAtotheRON · Nov 11, 2019

@Renfro ,That is correct on the wet. Dry was closer to 1.2 lbs per light market ready. Still waiting out this market the see if we are going to do wet or dry. We may just do top colas dry, and secondaries wet to processors. We like to let the secondaries cook another ~2 weeks after we pull top colas to let them fatten up a bit more. Its going to be hard to say what we are going to get per plant that way tho. 1/2 dry/ 1/2 wet. We'll have a look at the market in another 30 days or so.

outliergenetix · May 20, 2020

DoubleAtotheRON said:
So here are the hard numbers. (See attached billing cycle of 2 grows back to back) I am running ...
18 HLG 550 V2's
2 ton Carrier mini split
1- 18,000 BTU wall heat/air unit
1- 20 cubic ft deep freezer (for storing raw processing material)
12- 8ft T5 light fixtures
2- 24 inch oscillating fans
2- 4000 sq ft dehumidifiers
1- 10 inch Hyperfan intake
1- 5 gallon water heater
1- water pump
Thats just the grow room/shop building. The electric bill is all in one to include the grow building, my home, and water well energy to provide 2 homes (my dad has a home on my property 5 months out of the year)

My home AC unit was old and inefficient. I just now upgraded the AC unit to an 18 seer heat pump and all matching Carrier air handler, 5 ton A coil, etc. So, Im sure we will see better numbers in the future.
This last run was for processors fresh frozen bud. We ended up with a 2 month veg, 10 week flower and 153 lbs of market ready product for processors. Hope this info is helpful for future growers.

okay how the fuck my electric bill is over $300 some months in the winter time and that is not running ac/heat in the grow area lol. how are you doing two houses and a 20x30 grow for 200 more?

Renfro · May 20, 2020

outliergenetix said:
okay how the fuck my electric bill is over $300 some months in the winter time and that is not running ac/heat in the grow area lol. how are you doing two houses and a 20x30 grow for 200 more?

For one thing the rates are low in Oklahoma. Secondly he is running the LED lighting.

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