help please electric +++rep

newbud123

newbud123

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Hi all I am trying to work out how much electric i am useing. and what are my running costs what they are about say for a month running 24 hrs a day

I have two 300 watt cfls a t100 fan its 28w, 0.25 amp motor. and a intake fan that its 28w, 0.25 amp motor.

9" clip fan sorry I can not find out how many watts it is.

help please I will give rep
 
RedHairs

RedHairs

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Huh? You're speaking English to me... Talk American! :lol:

Seriously, I just need the price of one kW/hr... I see two totals based on what you've posted, and I have no idea what the number before the p is supposed to be. :?
 
RedHairs

RedHairs

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For example, where I live the price of one kW/hr is $0.15.

So for your example, it would be (656 * 24 * 0.15) / 1000 = $2.3616 daily... Multiply that by 30 for the month = $70.848 additional monthly.
 
newbud123

newbud123

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sorry man i am a bit lost with this bill i am working out

first 141 kwh x 22.417pence £31.61
next 9313 kwh x 8.735 pence £79.75
the p= Pennys or pence

call it 141 kwh x 22.pence
next 9313 kwh x 9.735pence
 
RedHairs

RedHairs

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newbud123 said:
sorry man i am a bit lost with this bill i am working out

first 141 kwh x 22.417pence £31.61
next 9313 kwh x 8.735 pence £79.75
the p= Pennys or pence

call it 141 kwh x 22.pence
next 9313 kwh x 9.735pence
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Ok, that said, it looks like your electric company chared you 22pence for your first 141kW/hr... then charged you 9.735pence for the next 9313kW/hr. You got a discount after your 1st 141 kW/hrs!
 
RedHairs

RedHairs

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Ok, now that I understand... what is your question? Cause your electricity is cheaper than what I pay. It would avereage out to about 16pence if you were charged one price for half, and then the other for the other half; but the majority of the bill you paid the discounted nine pence price.

So what's your question now?
 
newbud123

newbud123

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ok thanks

how much is it costing me to run my grow for one month runing 24 hrs a day please

or how much dose that work out per hrs to run
 
RedHairs

RedHairs

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At the 22 pence per kW/hr cost, an additional 103.8 (pounds?) would be added a month.
However, at the super-discounted 8.735 pence per kW/hr; 41.4 pounds additional a month.
 
newbud123

newbud123

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£41.4 pounds additional a month. wtf thats a lot more than I was hopeing for shit thats way more than I was hopeing for .
 
RedHairs

RedHairs

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newbud123 said:
£41.4 pounds additional a month. wtf thats a lot more than I was hopeing for shit thats way more than I was hopeing for .
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You've fallen victim to my signature line.

Maybe 'cause I'm American... but an additonal $41.4 (yes dollars, lots different) doesn't sound like very much at all to run 656 watts for 24 hrs for a whole month. Shit... that would be chump change here. I understand your situation is different.

Best of luck!

PS - Even with autoflowering strains (which is what I figure you have for such a long light period), there wouldn't be a huge difference in yeild if you save yourself six hours of darkness daily. But, that's just me. It's your grow, do it as you see fit. :) Again, best of luck.

[Edit: and thanks for the rep. :) ]
 
newbud123

newbud123

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I wounder how much it cost peoples to run hps and HID

I wounder will be cheaper way to cut my cost down I still can not belive the cfl cost so much to run
 
RedHairs

RedHairs

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Well, the reason your CFLs cost that much is because of the amount of wattage that you use... 600W is 600W. Doesn't matter if it's CFL, HID, or incandescent.

The difference is for that same 600W, you can get more LIGHT based on which technology you use. But basically the price is the same. Only the digi ballast figures out how to be cheaper at 600W than a coil (conventional ballast) at the same wattage.
 
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