Electricity Bill, Will It Go Up Crazy? CFLS
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Kash Krop
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I got a 600W hps,a 8000 btu ac unit,3 fans pushing 1800 cfm,3 timers & a mini dehumidifier =$80.00 more a month.
OH-TAY?
edit; I forgot to add, that's on 12/12,my grow space is only 53"X53"X72" made out of 2X4 construction just like a house is built & very well insulated.I also have my ballast outside the room & my light hood is sealed.A 550 cfm fan blows outside air thru the hood & exhausts it outside my gro-space.
OH-TAY?
edit; I forgot to add, that's on 12/12,my grow space is only 53"X53"X72" made out of 2X4 construction just like a house is built & very well insulated.I also have my ballast outside the room & my light hood is sealed.A 550 cfm fan blows outside air thru the hood & exhausts it outside my gro-space.
SiriusGrower
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I'ts really hard to say.
I'm only rocking out 4 x 14w CFLs and the electricity was probably something around £1/day when they where on 24/7. As I said though It's hard to tell.
There are lots of ways to find out though. my dad doesent beleive me when I say it's about 60p.
Find out how much your electricity costs kWp/h (1000W /hour) I think mine is 17p. So with 100W of lights for example they would need to be on 10 hours before a full kwp/h is spent.
My figures might be way off, but that is pretty much the jist of all I know about the cost
For sure my PC will use more electricity in 2 hours than the lights will do in 12. 350W PSU. As this is a forum, others might use the same 'measuring stick' of a computer. So if you wanna save alittle on the bill cos your growing, just be energy concious around the house. If you arn't already, and you do a good job, there might not even be a difference in the bill/maybe even less. Don't put things on standby, turn your pc off at the plug aswell as shuting it down, etc etc.
CFLs are electricity shy to put it one way, dont worry about your bill.
Hope this helps
I'm only rocking out 4 x 14w CFLs and the electricity was probably something around £1/day when they where on 24/7. As I said though It's hard to tell.
There are lots of ways to find out though. my dad doesent beleive me when I say it's about 60p.
Find out how much your electricity costs kWp/h (1000W /hour) I think mine is 17p. So with 100W of lights for example they would need to be on 10 hours before a full kwp/h is spent.
My figures might be way off, but that is pretty much the jist of all I know about the cost
For sure my PC will use more electricity in 2 hours than the lights will do in 12. 350W PSU. As this is a forum, others might use the same 'measuring stick' of a computer. So if you wanna save alittle on the bill cos your growing, just be energy concious around the house. If you arn't already, and you do a good job, there might not even be a difference in the bill/maybe even less. Don't put things on standby, turn your pc off at the plug aswell as shuting it down, etc etc.
CFLs are electricity shy to put it one way, dont worry about your bill.
Hope this helps
nellyatcha
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not with cfls heres a estimate if you use a 1000w hps for 18 hours that would equal 40 cents per day now times that by 30 thats a 12 dollar increase a month, but beware if you use over 1500w of light becaue that can lead to investigation a 400w is like 5 bucks permonth and so on
sirsmoksalot
Active Member
Yeah you might be looking at 3-5 dollar/month increase.