i have to downgrade

So due to crazy electric bills I need to switch to all fluorescent lighting, however I don't want my 400w hps just sitting around collecting dust...so if anyone has a t5 fixture they wanna trade let me know

how is you bill high with a 400w?With a 400w you shouldn't pay more then $25-35 max a month.

How crazy could your electric be with just a 400? Are you worried about someone noticing, or are you worried about keeping it paid? Only reason I ask is because it only costs me like 30$ a month to run a 400 mh, I wouldn't think T5s would be much cheaper than that.

Well I have a partner who is actually the one who gets the bill....since we started his bill has gone up around 200 a month...we gone back and forth on what caused the jump...I don't think its the light but im fighting a losing battle...so not exactly something really want to do but I will in the interest of keeping my grow going

I know one time p&g mest up big time on my bill, and it was right after I had the light for a month!

sit down with him and do the math!That will show him that not it.

found this http://www.handymath.com/cgi-bin/electric.cgi

yah man sounds like your buddy is trying to get over on ya there is no way it went up that much unless it was a mistake!

I appreciate the advice...like I said I don't want to change out...so one last push to save the hps lol

lol show him the difference in cost to run (15$? cheaper for the t5?) vs the potential yield. 400 watt hps @ .6 gpw is over a half lb, whereas you are going to have alot harder time pulling 1/2 lbs off of T5s even if you were running the same wattage.

So I think I was just in the middle of him and his wife having a disagreement lol...I should have just talked to her to begin with as it seems she's been running a space heater in one room of their house that I know is 1400w...so gonna have her leave it off for a month so I have some proof its not the light

yah seriously , my total bill is only 150 on average flowering with my 1000 watt

axionjaxson said:

yah seriously , my total bill is only 150 on average flowering with my 1000 watt

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More ammo thanks...btw ur avi creeps me the hell out. Looks like my ex wife lol

GGuess creeps me out is kind of harsh...definitely makes me do a double take everytime I see it

The prof is in the math, math does not lie.

If she's like my wife she likes to run the heater day and night!

i have 2 400w and they don't come close to using as much power as other necessary things in the house...lol.

CoAcHrOaCh said:

More ammo thanks...btw ur avi creeps me the hell out. Looks like my ex wife lol

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lol it's casey anthoney.

If she was using a space heater she was probably also cranking the heat in the rest of the house as well causing the bill to sky rocket. I run a 400 hps and 184w of cfls and have never had an electric bill over 200.

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lol it's casey anthoney.

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Rofl, toooo funny.

axionjaxson said:

lol it's casey anthoney.

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That explains it

lol....lol