my mom said she just got her next elec. bill and it was 750 $ she said the last one was only 300 $ and it is billed every 2 months.. i have only been using my new light which is 150 watt hps for a month and a half now so i was wondering how much that had to do with it... i was worried because if i am costing them that much money i wont do it but i think it could probebly just be from showers and laundry and stuff idk

An Extra 150w in the house shouldn't make that much difference.

Check with your electricity provider regarding on peak and off peak times.

Usually off peak is at night so maybe run your lights at night if possible.

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actually not gonna get grounded pal momma dukes is down with it i just dont want to drain her pockets

smokingblunts you may want to call up your Electric company and ask them for a technician to come out and look at all the wiring and such for faulty wiring and or equipment. Mostly all Elec. companys do that for free, but be sure to check with your Elec. Company before doing so.

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i dont know about in Oz, but here in the states power is power. it doesnt matter what time of the day you use it. there is a meter that measures power used and they read it monthly. they have no means of knowing when that power was used.

that seems like a terrible idea to me. call the power company to have them come check out the house you GROW IN?!?


smokingblunts- sounds like your mom is railroading you into paying the bills. it happened to me before. i grew at a partners house(never again!) and his wife tried to tell me the power bill went up $400 dollars from 2200w. i did the math and it only should have went up about $180. come to find out she had a past due bill and was just trying to ge tme to pay it.

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1000W/150W=.15KW x 24hours (assuming your vegging constantly)=3.6KWH/day x 60 (two months)=216KWH x $.10(Ten cents is about the average price of a kilowatt hour)=$21.60. That is about how much your light should cost you over two months. It would be impossible for your electric company to be charging a kilowatt hour rate that would make 150W over $450 for two months. Something else in your house must be draining a lot of energy man, its not your light. That, or maybe some bad wiring.

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we have "peak hours". we also have over usage. i'm hitting 300% over.

i'm running three 600's and a 250 right now. my bill went up 300 dollars while i was on 18/6 veg cycle. i just got the bull yesterday.

something other than your light pushed that bill up. a 150 shouldn't even be noticed.

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yeah a 150 would prolly only raise your bill like 10 bucks for a month i mean my thousands only raise it like 45-50 a piece.Where are you in iraq?lol

how can they tell when power is used? im sure all i have on my house is a meter that only reads the total amount used.

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