landlord wants to pay electricity?!

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amsterdam_goodies

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Hey all, I was wondering, if doing a minor grow op, say 1 400watt light, will that be extremely noticeable on an electric bill..? I dont plan on running AC or anything else, but this guy insists on including all utilities on my lease and I dont know how to explain to him that im growing bud
 
chknhwk

chknhwk

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a 400w shouldn't be to bad on the bill if he asks just lie about it say you lrft your air on really high an accident or something shit he probably wont even pay any attention to it
 
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washingtonbudz

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fuck man good luck with that.it shoudnt be all that big of a difference using 1 light. just get the 32 watt(i forgot what its ecevalent to in lumens) but that is plenty ad will work fine. even if you hook up several lights youll br cool. make sur to gt the spiral ones though. hope i helped
 
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amsterdam_goodies

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ya for sure thats what i thought... im plannen on using all the electricity in my place to grow bud, then lie and say i got a space heater or something XD. not that he will ask/notice/ or care....(his ex-roomate told me they grew weed in the same house) lol...

but its one of those sensitive topics u dont tell landlords...
 
makinthemagic

makinthemagic

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conserve electricity where you can in other areas to compensate for the lights - no a/c, keep non-grow lights off, minimize tv use
 
ViRedd

ViRedd

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If he asks, just say that you have a computer, a TV and a stereo system that uses vacuum tubes. :eyesmoke:

Vi
 
smartbadguy

smartbadguy

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FREE POWER??? just go with a 1000 watt lights if anything he will ask you to pay him some more for power
 
anhedonia

anhedonia

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vacuum tubes, lol.
Dude, if you havnt got a light system yet, I would urge you to invest in a 4 bulb or more t5 fixture. Not only can you flower with t5's they will work great for veg say if you have the hps you would have vegging plants, mother under t5 and flower with HPS. You could harvest 1/2 - 3/4 oz plants every 2 weeks. I guess Im saying that getting a t5 fixture wold be your best bet now becaus you landlord would deffinately not going to care about a flourescent set up and it could benifit you in the long run.
 
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pappysmears

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Buy something that uses a lot of electricity but never use it, if he asks why the bill is so high point to the device that uses a lot of power.
 
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amsterdam_goodies

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anhedonia said:
vacuum tubes, lol.
Dude, if you havnt got a light system yet, I would urge you to invest in a 4 bulb or more t5 fixture. Not only can you flower with t5's they will work great for veg say if you have the hps you would have vegging plants, mother under t5 and flower with HPS. You could harvest 1/2 - 3/4 oz plants every 2 weeks. I guess Im saying that getting a t5 fixture wold be your best bet now becaus you landlord would deffinately not going to care about a flourescent set up and it could benifit you in the long run.
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thats actually what I have right now lol.. a sunleaves pioner VI. im going to get a 400w hps and use the t5 for veg and the hps for flower... i dunno if I can build a veg room and a flower room though to do the SOG.. i would really like to though, i just dont know where to start... this is only my 3rd time around
 
anhedonia

anhedonia

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Im using a standard 2 ft wide closet laid down a wood floor, installed a fake wall so that the legnth was 50 inches, attached fan to precut hole in the fake wall, take out the closet shelf of course and hang your lights from the ceiling. You should have 8-9 feet of height to work with. Get 4 2x2s 18-24 inches in legnth attach them to the 4 corners of the first wood floor and put another floor down. Veg down below and flower on top. The tricky prtis learning to bend those branches over or you could lst.
 
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