Power Bill

Holy crap you guys are getting raped
Here in Southern Alberta I pay $0.0669/ kWh.

My entire energy charge for December was $42, whole house included with 638 kWh.

That's a 300 watt TSW2000 (12/12), a 150 watt TSW1000 (18/6), an AC Infinity T4 on setting of 8 (24), three 8 inch clip on fans on high (24), one 20 inch oscillating fan (24).

Checking my smart plugs, the grow room used 193.45 kWh so that's $12.94 cost for a month.
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I called my power company - I would have to swap meters do a day/night meter and it wouldn't be that much of a savings after everything was said and done. Looks like I just grin and bear it and call it the cost of another hobby :)
 
iggy097 said:
I called my power company - I would have to swap meters do a day/night meter and it wouldn't be that much of a savings after everything was said and done. Looks like I just grin and bear it and call it the cost of another hobby :)
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Looks like 12 cents per kw. I think the power company has a minimum to do the day/night thing. I got to get a watt meter.
 
Here we have a two tier system. So my grow puts me into the second tier unfortunately. 12.5 cent per Kw.
Puts me between 40-50$ a month for my veg and flower tents.
 
My whole house bill is < 140 month
Imagine when you got out of a taxi they threw on a 20 spot for the meter or the deli added 10 for the scale.
 
My needs are low so I only need one small grow per year. I do that during the winter months so the extra heat isn't wasted. I think from a physics stand point, anything that doesn't end up being used by the plant ends up as heat.
 
Growing gets expensive. Run in off peak hours, and get a heater. Maybe switch to hid for the winter. You can pick up 600w hps/mh for $100-150 not much more power than what you’re using but a good bit more radiant heat. Get a space heater going during lights out. If you live alone: mini fridge, toaster oven/air fryer, hot plate. In the summer hang dry your clothes instead of using the dryer(if you get your basement warm/dry enough you can hang dry them there in the winter)
 
Lenin1917 said:
Growing gets expensive. Run in off peak hours, and get a heater. Maybe switch to hid for the winter. You can pick up 600w hps/mh for $100-150 not much more power than what you’re using but a good bit more radiant heat. Get a space heater going during lights out. If you live alone: mini fridge, toaster oven/air fryer, hot plate. In the summer hang dry your clothes instead of using the dryer(if you get your basement warm/dry enough you can hang dry them there in the winter)
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I'm not setup for off peak/peak pricing. Just going to deal with the $100 a month and call it a day. Don't want to run a space heater and rack up even more costs. I could cut out the hot pepper tent and that would reduce my costs by 1/2 but I want those spicy chilis!
 
Off peak pricing saves me SOOOO much. I have a temp & humidity controlled room though so IDGAF what the outside is like until summer heat overruns my AC :D If you've got your own place I highly suggest installing climate control.
 
a2lute said:
Off peak pricing saves me SOOOO much. I have a temp & humidity controlled room though so IDGAF what the outside is like until summer heat overruns my AC :D If you've got your own place I highly suggest installing climate control.
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When I spoke to them about off peak pricing it wasn't that much of a difference. I would have to use the majority of our electric off peak (we don't, we work from home) to make it worth it. Just the 2- 450w lights running at night would not offset the cost of my computer/server tv's lights, etc just from living during the day.
I do have my own place and my tents have their own room in the basement. I could run a small heater - I just don't know that I want the extra costs
 
iggy097 said:
When I spoke to them about off peak pricing it wasn't that much of a difference. I would have to use the majority of our electric off peak (we don't, we work from home) to make it worth it. Just the 2- 450w lights running at night would not offset the cost of my computer/server tv's lights, etc just from living during the day.
I do have my own place and my tents have their own room in the basement. I could run a small heater - I just don't know that I want the extra costs
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electric heat is brutally expensive. My old tiny tiny heater drew more power than my 1000w HID. I now use a natural gas CO2 generator for heat & CO2.
 
Lenin1917 said:
Growing gets expensive. Run in off peak hours, and get a heater. Maybe switch to hid for the winter. You can pick up 600w hps/mh for $100-150 not much more power than what you’re using but a good bit more radiant heat. Get a space heater going during lights out. If you live alone: mini fridge, toaster oven/air fryer, hot plate. In the summer hang dry your clothes instead of using the dryer(if you get your basement warm/dry enough you can hang dry them there in the winter)
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That's exactly what I do. I run an HID during off-peak hours. The heat is welcome as I grow in an unheated garage. I have a small space heater that comes on during the day when the light is off. It works out great.
 
a2lute said:
electric heat is brutally expensive. My old tiny tiny heater drew more power than my 1000w HID. I now use a natural gas CO2 generator for heat & CO2.
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That’s my plan for heat next winter when I’ll have enough light and a big enough canopy for it to make sense to run co2.
 
a2lute said:
electric heat is brutally expensive. My old tiny tiny heater drew more power than my 1000w HID. I now use a natural gas CO2 generator for heat & CO2.
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Yes, I think if I ran my 1200w ceramic space heater on the off hours to keep it at like 65 at night - would really add to my electric bill.
 
Between 3 tents, about 2000w lighting, and all the environmental stuff my electric bill sits around 250/mo but I’m one dude in a small apartment.
 
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