Does anyone know about how much more my electric will be if i grow indoors

cece1121

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so right now my electricity is 220ish a month..i live in a 3 bedroom condo and im wodering about how much extra it would be if i started growing in my really big closet...like probably about 20 plants
i know you guys cant give me exact numbers but some kind of idea
like will my electric go up to like 250...300...400? help please :sad:
 

fdd2blk

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look at your electric bill. find out your cost per kilowatt, figure out how many kilowatts your lights are using and multiply by the # of hours they are on. the # you end up with should be pretty close to your costs. you have to factor in fans and "peak hour rates" as well.
 

JohnnyPotSeed1969

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Probably a 1000 watt HPS or MH. That's 1 kilowatt, so use the above formula to figure it out. I run a 600 watt HPS and my bill went up about $50 a month, your mileage may vary.

:peace:
 

frmrboi

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:-o how much do u think it would cost for enough lighting for 20 plants?
I'll assume you're electricity costs yo 10 cents a kilowatt hour. You'd need a 1000 watt light for 20 decent sized plants. Every hour the light is on you'd be using one kilowatt. For flowering you'd be using the light 12 hours a day so 12 X $.10 = $1.20 a day. For a 30 day month $1.20 X 30 = $ 36.00 . After 2-3 months if your a good grower you'd have about 700 grams of dried bud (rough estimate). Let's say premo bud fetches $15 a gram. $15 X 700 = money trees ! :o
 

cece1121

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I'll assume you're electricity costs yo 10 cents a kilowatt hour. You'd need a 1000 watt light for 20 decent sized plants. Every hour the light is on you'd be using one kilowatt. For flowering you'd be using the light 12 hours a day so 12 X $.10 = $1.20 a day. For a 30 day month $1.20 X 30 = $ 36.00 . After 2-3 months if your a good grower you'd have about 700 grams of dried bud (rough estimate). Let's say premo bud fetches $15 a gram. $15 X 700 = money trees ! :o
ty u were so much help!
but i dont wana sell it i just smoke alot of weed :mrgreen:
 
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