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Old 10-26-2008, 08:59 PM
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hey, im just wondering if anyone out there can tell me if there is a difference on your electric bill when you switch from a cfl setup to mh. Right now im running a 2x48" grolux flo's for veggin, and 4 26watt cfl's and 2 24" grolux for flowering. The reason im wondering is cause i rent my house and its come heated and with elec. Im just nervous my landlord might catch on to the fact i'm growing.
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Old 10-26-2008, 09:56 PM
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i really dont think that is enough juice i am pretty sure i read eariler that a computer takes up more not positive though. i have a bunch of cfl's in my closet and my dad hasent said a thing about the light bill.
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Old 10-27-2008, 07:07 AM
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yeah i had a bunch of cfl's too, but i was in soil, i ]m thinking of switching to hydro with a 400watt flowering bulb, id really rather be safe than sorry. and since with one 400watt i could grow about 4 plants, rather than the one plant setup i have now.
anyone have any insight about this????
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wattage of your bulb divided by 1000 multiply that by the price per KWH.
Then multiply that by amount of time you plan on using it.

This will get you a ball park idea. But you have to account for all the items consuming power. This included your ballast too which will draw a bit more than what it puts out at the bulb.
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if you havent already, replace your house bulbs with your cfls and practice energy conserving habits and your bill will probably go down, even with the mh/hydro setup
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hey, im just wondering if anyone out there can tell me if there is a difference on your electric bill when you switch from a cfl setup to mh. Right now im running a 2x48" grolux flo's for veggin, and 4 26watt cfl's and 2 24" grolux for flowering. The reason im wondering is cause i rent my house and its come heated and with elec. Im just nervous my landlord might catch on to the fact i'm growing.

Stay in school kids !!!!!!!
how many watts are you using now ?
add everything up ..... ill guess and say around 250

if you are running your shit 18hrs a day
a new 400 watt setup would run and extra 2.7KWH per day
roughly .40 cents per day @.15 KWH cost, or an extra 12$ per month
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im on a city electric and it gets hot here, so i run my a/c 24/7 during the summer months. My normal bill was $180 a month. I added 2 x 1000w with all the bells and whistles(9 fans,ez cloner,airpumps,4x T-5s), my bill went up to $320 a month in a 3bdrm/2bath.
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Good Lord thats alot of money !!!!
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all depends on the wattage not the type of light...a 400 watt hps is equivalent to 400 watts of cfl....no differance when it comes to electric bill....im an electrician so be sure I know what im talking about...lol....
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all depends on the wattage not the type of light...a 400 watt hps is equivalent to 400 watts of cfl....no differance when it comes to electric bill....im an electrician so be sure I know what im talking about...lol....
lol, yea you definately need to be a electrican to figure out this problem....
watts=watts
 
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