100W cfl will increase my light bill up to how much?

xxGOYOxx

xxGOYOxx

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how much will my 100W 5500k cfl increase my light bill to?
i only have one bulb for veg phase for 1 plant in a box 1ft x 2ft and 3 ft tall?
i'm trying to grow some small plants for personal use......
 
Maybe $4-$5? A 1000 watt metal halide costs you about $45... & make sure to get as big of a planter as you can fit to maximize your yield in that small space. Welcome to RIU. Good luck!
 
xxGOYOxx said:
how much will my 100W 5500k cfl increase my light bill to?
i only have one bulb for veg phase for 1 plant in a box 1ft x 2ft and 3 ft tall?
i'm trying to grow some small plants for personal use......
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About as much as a 100w lightbulb? lol. No, barely anything really. You shouldn't see any significant spike in you electricity.
 
to slow this train down a bit - is that 100 actual watts or 100 equivalent watts? a 100 actual watt cfl bulb would be about 9 inches by 3 inches - really big - whereas a 100 equivalent watt bulb is only 23 actual watts and is a little bigger than a normal incandescent bulb. i'm betting you have the smaller light. all of this to say that you need a lot more light than that. check out the lighting stickies on this site.

as for electricity cost per day: actual watts times hours per day light is on divided by 1000 times price per kilowatt-hour (usually around 10 cents, but some areas can be a lot more). so a 100 actual watt light running 12 hours per day will cost 12 cents a day to run.
 
desertrat said:
to slow this train down a bit - is that 100 actual watts or 100 equivalent watts? a 100 actual watt cfl bulb would be about 9 inches by 3 inches - really big - whereas a 100 equivalent watt bulb is only 23 actual watts and is a little bigger than a normal incandescent bulb. i'm betting you have the smaller light. all of this to say that you need a lot more light than that. check out the lighting stickies on this site.

as for electricity cost per day: actual watts times hours per day light is on divided by 1000 times price per kilowatt-hour (usually around 10 cents, but some areas can be a lot more). so a 100 actual watt light running 12 hours per day will cost 12 cents a day to run.
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Its gonna be a 100 watt actual.... the big ass 9in cfl........and like 300w+ incan equal......i would never veg anything with any lights with 2 digit wattage.....But thanks man, only 12cents and day ! (wipes forhead in relief).....
 
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