Power Consumption / Light Cost

i have a friend that is growing and his bill went up by almost $600 and he was worried that people might know you are growing in the house.

im subd on this one! alway good to know how much power u use! thanks

i runa 1000 and a 600 air cooled ina 3 bdroom trailor with a/c electric runs 86.00 a month

Subscribed late but this will be good for me. Thanks +rep

This has been very educational. Thank you very much Gentlemen. I appreciate the time you took to explain this subject so simply.

my brothers electric bill is around 500 dollars a month and he doesnt even gro.no one has ever said anything to him.lol.

well if im doin this right. last month i used 3641 kwh. thats cost me $244.46. if i divide this correctly that means im paying 6 cents per kwh... that isnt bad! ive did this to the past 3 mnths and it all says 0.06...

hmm so 4000K and (2) 15" fans + (1) 6" fan, during bloom (12/12), and 1000 extra in a sep veg area (if i have cycles dialed in)(18/6), would be about, hmmm $1000 - $1100 a month? :/

no what the heck...

now with both my ac units runnin,plus 1,600 watts lights and the rest of the house my bill is 132.00 a month now for 3 bdroom trailor and ita 100 outside.

well that's what mine is. just sayin

the math would be x .o6% than .6 %.i see wat yu mean tho.

Will a 400 watt hps work for 8 plants?

ive been looking at this thread forever and still tryin to wrap my head around it. im staring at my power bill and it says the first 1000 kwh is just about 6 cents, and anything over is.07. but the in the next column its sayin the same shit but it says fuel charge. i have an electric stove, heater, everything is electric. i guess maybe hot water heater isnt but the column for this fuel cost is the same price almost as the energy cost. wtf? bottom line, im trying to see with 3-4 nice plants, either a soil or basic hydro setup, 400 hps running 18 for veg and 12 flower, whats my cost a month gonna go up? being as i alreadypay close to 400 a month in the summer, and average 1800 kwh a month. please let me know

thank you for putting this up.

I have a super sweet room I just got done building. I am introducing some co2 1st off, tank and regulator only, EITHER 3 600 hps OR 2 600s and 1 1000. I have a 12,000 btu LG cooler brand new, 2 18" fans, 4 6" inline blowers, and then some timers and controllers some take a small amount of energy. Ill let you guys know what this costs me to run in about 4 weeks or less. Ill havbe no veg time so it will be based just off flowering. Haze

running my room with 4x1000 watt on 24 hrs with an ac running 24/7 plus timers pumps fans ect..... cost me a lil over $700

Operating Cost - here is a good link, just plug in your cost per kilowatt, and hours per day.

sweet did u come up with that formula yourself???

no bro, but i did find it very useful.