Utility/electric bills are high

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kjc0314

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I used to have 4 roommates and our bill was usually around $600...I now have one roommate in the same house and we aren't using nearly as much water/gas/electricity. If the electric part of the bill raises a lot but the total utility bill is still cheaper will that attract any trouble?
 
laserbrn

laserbrn

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kjc0314 said:
How much lighting would you say would put up a red flag?
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6x 1000w lights a big as A/C and all the fans to keep it moving.

I wouldn't worry about it much unless you are planning a huge operation. And to answer your question it's not like the utilities all collaborate to find out if one utility has gone up but the others haven't...

If you're running less than 2000w of electricity you don't have ANY problems. If you are running 5000w or more I still wouldn't be in panic mode, but I wouldn't want to be investigated. Without an investigation it won't matter. Electric comapny doesn't give a fuck.
 
BadDog40

BadDog40

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'Just pay your bill on time' keeps getting said over and over when it comes to this but what does that have to do with anything?

If anything they would think if you were growing you could pay the damn bill, thats if a human ever even looked at it which they don't.
 
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petrushka

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Cause they aren't looking for little suckers with their tiny operations but they will get pissed if they don't get their money from never mind who. Then they investigate and inadvertently will find a little-sucker-operation.

Isn't there some word for us little suckers like LSO= 250W - 2000W BAO = 2001W - SUN
 
laserbrn

laserbrn

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BadDog40 said:
'Just pay your bill on time' keeps getting said over and over when it comes to this but what does that have to do with anything?

If anything they would think if you were growing you could pay the damn bill, thats if a human ever even looked at it which they don't.
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Because if you don't they'll turn off your power. Good luck growin' then.
 
BadDog40

BadDog40

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petrushka said:
Cause they aren't looking for little suckers with their tiny operations but they will get pissed if they don't get their money from never mind who. Then they investigate and inadvertently will find a little-sucker-operation.

Isn't there some word for us little suckers like LSO= 250W - 2000W BAO = 2001W - SUN
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So you're saying if you don't pay your bill the electric company will come look in your windows?

The only thing that would raise suspicion is if you are using more than 3x your neighbors and even then I doubt it.

My last house I lived in used a shit load of power (no growing), I had a hot tub, 3 fridges, kept the AC on all the time, and was running servers. My bill was about $600 a month and I know my neighbors was under $200 and no one questioned a thing whether I paid it on time or not.
 
The Skunky Chickenhawk

The Skunky Chickenhawk

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I've got 2x1000w HPS's, 1x400w T5, 1x2502 MH and a little fluorescent for the babies. Anyone see this raising any kind of suspicion with my utility company (ComEd)?
 
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