Power Consumption / Light Cost

DONNYS said:

dont lie u use candles and a picture chuck norris to grow with

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You promised me you wouldnt tell . How you gonna act???????????????????

Stillbuzzin said:

You promised me you wouldnt tell . How you gonna act???????????????????

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i use tin foil and the sun
get on drunk thread lets stop jacking this one lol

not sure i take care of my pops lawn he pays the electronic so i just wanted to make sure he wouldnt be abe to tell

scathatch said:

not sure i take care of my pops lawn he pays the electronic so i just wanted to make sure he wouldnt be abe to tell

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cut back in other areas change all lights in house to cfls

thats what i was thinkin. we got two big screen tvs two ps3s desktop that are always on so guessin all that goes off 90% of the time and just sit there smokin with my plants instead and wouldnt even notice on the bill

Hey guys, I just moved in an apartment and my bill is usally $40-$50.. If I use two 1000w what can I expect my bill to be?
And is it to much where it looks suspicipus?

kiteflyer90 said:

Hey guys, I just moved in an apartment and my bill is usally $40-$50.. If I use two 1000w what can I expect my bill to be?
And is it to much where it looks suspicipus?

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If you pay $.11 per kilowatt, it would be $73.92 a month doing 12/12 on top of your current bill.

bondoman said:

If you pay $.11 per kilowatt, it would be $73.92 a month doing 12/12 on top of your current bill.

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Besides the lights, consider your environmental controls like fans, inline intake/exhaust controls, this depends on the size of your grow and outside temps/environment but they can use as much power as your lights (or more in an extreme hot/cold outside environment). I went with LED's and they use less power overall than the rest of my environmental control devices. Buy low power consumption fans/exhaust/air conditioning etc.) or they'll jack up your power requirements considerably. I run a small 2'x4'x'5' cabinet and overall power usage is only about $50-$60/month over prior bills, certainly not enough to raise any flags but I'm also in an area that has variable cost hydro, lowest is at night so I run my lights during the night to further reduce the impact.

Simple math. Stoners are generally not known for it. LOL. Why even bother to calculate it unless your running more than a few 1000 watt HIDs. Even that wont register with the power company as suspect. Im in Oz where we got fucked up the ass by the last Labour govt. who introduced the Carbon tax so power providers passed the slug on to the people. I pay around 21 cents per kilowatt. Running about 250 watt including all electricals doesnt do shit to my bill. Basically im paying an extra 6 cents per hour at 18 hrs a day for 30 days and 6 cents per hr for 60 days during the flowering cycle. You do the math. It aint even a blip on the radar. Remember hat a fridge uses at least 1500 watts Plasma TV at least 2000 etc. Youll get nabbed by the law for loose lips or nrighbours seeing lights at all hours or funky smells. Just plug an Airwick scented unit or 3 into the extension cord strip to hide the smel. Power consumption is not yr worry. Burning ya fucking house down through crappy wiring or electricals is.

8x23w Cfls = 184w + 12w fan =196w of power used per hr hence 196wh

196wh x 20hrs a day= 3920wh a day

3920wh = 3.92kwh

I pay $0.15 kWh

3.92 x 0.15= .58 cents a day to run my single plant grow cabinet

Am I correct

Critical Jack Auto. 180w 20/4

196/1000 x 20 x .15 = .588 or .59

RiverSix said:

I have an LED light and it says "120vac 50/60Hz 125 watts 1.6A" on the and of the housing. That's great, except 1.6A at 120V is 192W, not 125. Likewise, 125W at 120V is 1.04A, not 1.6. Am I missing something, or is the power consumption really that underrated?

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Electrical devices with AC-DC converters or electromagnetic motors often have a poor power factor unless corrected by a capacitor. Power factor is separate from AC DC conversion losses and will not affect your electric bill. Your meter calculates watts and ignores power factor but your wiring depends on the actual current which cannot ignore power factor. Luckily for us, digital ballasts are power factor corrected otherwise I would need a 220V line to run a pair of 600s.

I live in SE USA. I built a room with a 1000watt ballist, window unit ac, 440cfm fan, and little things such as electronic t-stat, fan, etc. My power bill went up about 60-80 dollars. Oh yeah there's a heater plugged in to the t-stat too. This is spring though so current outside temps are in my favor now. Oh yeah room is insulated room in a nonclimate controled building. Maybe this will help somebody with a similar setup a ballpark idea of the amount of money it will cost. That's running 18/6.

3 bedroom home, 8 - 1000w lights 12/12, 2 - 400w lights 18/6, 6 - 8in inlines and my bill is 290ish a month, this is in Canada and i pay roughly .10 for power.

3 bedroom home, 8 - 1000w lights 12/12, 2 - 400w lights 18/6, 6 - 8in inlines and my bill is 290ish a month, this is in Canada and i pay roughly .10 for power.

3000w for 60 day cost me 200$. 14,70$ each KW or 4,71 ¢/kWh.

I consider myself damn lucky, compare to other who pay 40$-50$ per KW.

I when i was running 2000 watts in my duplex in cali ,it was 240 a mth including regular house use

Southern California has atrocious power prices.

i was having a heat problem so i had to add more air conditioners and the meter was spinning like a top.. started off with some LED's from America that where just drop shipped from china.. now i buy direct and just got a 300 watt full spectrum for like 150 bucks.. prices are really coming down. my electric is no higher than any other 3 br 2 bath house. this is from China http://www.aliexpress.com/item/led-grow-light-300W-full-spectrum-high-quality-with-3years-warranty-dropshipping/706374330.html sale for next 2 days only $122. with free shipping... lol, do i need another?

$1,200/mo max - 10kw, 5ton AC. San Diego. avg $0.25/kw.