What is your electrical power consumption?

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BloodShot420

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I was just looking over some electric bills...

this got me curious - how many KW Hrs do you use in a month? and what are you running?

i have a 4 bedroom house, with a 2KW grow and i use between 3000-4200 KW Hrs per month in the winter (no ac)

the highest bill i got in the last few months was during veg period where i used 4140 kwhrs in 32 days... and was charged $360 for it in the southeast usa
 
theganman

theganman

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last bill was 29 kw this bill was 39 was charged like 150 just for electric and 150 for gas son of a bitch that is alot! get on that budget plan i pay like 170 no matter how much power or gas i use!!!!
 
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BloodShot420

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How many KW hrs per month? thats what i'm looking for...

i think i might have some other appliances sucking up massive amounts of power somewhere... my grow should only take 1150 kw hrs per month but i usually use lots more than that, and everything else is pretty energy efficient... supposedly
 
bunstinky

bunstinky

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It depends on your electric company that your with, Only way you can find that out is to see your last electric bill and it will say at the top how much your paying per klwh.
 
wallyp

wallyp

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Mine is 978 kwh or $118.35, a 400 watt mh/hps light, with electric heater in my room, i live in Wisconsin, winters here.
 
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BloodShot420

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wallyp - you end up paying about 12c per kwhr... after all the taxes and fees i'm guessing.

i got a power plan with a high base rate ($180) and $0.03c per kw hr fixed, so essentially the more power i use the cheaper it gets... but its still pretty expensive at about 11.5c per kwhr at 4140 kwhrs/month - sometimes i calculate it to only 8c though.

the other plan that i could choose is variable rate, where winter time electric is 5c/kwhr and summer is 12/kwhr... up to an amount, then higher prices per kw/hr for each "tier" you cross....i didnt like that because i lean on the AC really hard in the summer and the bills get BIG.

anyone else know how many total kwhrs they use in a month? and how big the crib is...
 
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BloodShot420

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i just saw my friends power bill... he has a house down the street, roughly the same size... same # of occupants.

he's using about 700 KW-hrs per month... compared to my 4000.

I am considering of increasing my usage by about 1500 KW-hrs so i would be at about 5500 KW-hrs...

as long as i pay my bill i'm good, right? anyone been paying outrageous power bills in a small house for a long ass time?
 
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blueybong

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BloodShot420 said:
I was just looking over some electric bills...

this got me curious - how many KW Hrs do you use in a month? and what are you running?

i have a 4 bedroom house, with a 2KW grow and i use between 3000-4200 KW Hrs per month in the winter (no ac)

the highest bill i got in the last few months was during veg period where i used 4140 kwhrs in 32 days... and was charged $360 for it in the southeast usa
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FYI ~ I read on this forum that the cops are asking power companies to report any residential customer that's using more than 4KW per month. This sucks but it's real.
 
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BloodShot420

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yeah - that sucks... now that hard times are here though, i bet the power companies aint giving them shit...

the cops wanna take out their tier 1 customers!!

if they electric co gives up 4 customers... that could be a 2 grand a month loss - they dont want that. (I hope)
 
Kingkong2high

Kingkong2high

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I just got my bill also..OUCH!!! 370.00 2990K used in 33 days...my 1000W just went off this morning...lol im going to be using some cfl's ...maybe i'll turn it on only for 3 hours aday or so,and not the 14 hrs..
 
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blueybong

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Kingkong2high said:
I just got my bill also..OUCH!!! 370.00 2990K used in 33 days...my 1000W just went off this morning...lol im going to be using some cfl's ...maybe i'll turn it on only for 3 hours aday or so,and not the 14 hrs..
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I'm using CFL's and my power increased by 220KW or $23 bucks per month.
 
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BloodShot420

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i've had the 2KW rollin' for about a yr and a half... i never really paid attention to how much i used though...

you are paying 12.37 cents per KW-hr after all the fees... you can call the electric co and see what other plans they have... they will have a high usage plan that coul lower your bill...
 
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ajarrod

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yeah I notice my bill was high as shit too since i got my last bill i switch from lights to candles and either tv or computer I tries not to use both and I unplug anything with a light, radios, microwaves if im not using it i unplugs it...lol
 
weedyoo

weedyoo

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Kingkong2high said:
Will that 6 bulb really work better than a 1000 MH for veg and Hps for the flowers..? whats the lumens i wonder..?
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well i have not tried it in bd but you can get 3000k lights to go with it

4100k is this one 4 tube t5ho 20,000 lumina
this replaces 400whatt mh one for one.
 
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blueybong

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BloodShot420 said:
i've had the 2KW rollin' for about a yr and a half... i never really paid attention to how much i used though...

you are paying 12.37 cents per KW-hr after all the fees... you can call the electric co and see what other plans they have... they will have a high usage plan that coul lower your bill...
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I pay just over .05 cent a KW hr, but then they throw on a .06 KW hr fuel charge. Then taxes.


 
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jnuggs

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Which do you think would be a better choice for your money? The 4 lamp T5HO, 20,000 lumens @ 234 watts. Or the 6 lamp T5HO, 30,000 lumens @ 351 watts ?? Any suggestions appreciated!
 
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