I started with a 1000w HPS, 2 circulation fans, heater (when needed) in the main room, 3 48"shoplight fixtures and 1 fan in veg. room. My monthly bill was $240. I added a 250w MH and the bill was $250. I recently added a 4 bulb 48" fixture, 2 8" inline fans, 6oow HPS digital, humidifier and a fish tank inside to top it all off. My bill $350 !! Im dealing with out dated wiring plus I work in my garage which has its own meter on it. To me this seems like alot for a bill and the spike has me worried?!?! Any one out there happen to have any info. that can calm my parinoia would be a great help!

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Just messing, I dont know, maybe the cost for the electricity might raise some eyebrows... but thats an odd person whos like "His electric bill is going up. IT MUST BE WEED"

set up some dummy pc's bare cases what not. my grow box and everything in it pulls just about the same amount of power as my pc does.. so i turn off my pc when i have the lights on and so far so good no nasty spikes.

heres what i got. 400watt light mh/hps. two 22 inch single tube cfl's for the top chamber. and a 132watt pc power supply wired up to run with out a pc, but thats to run all the pc fans i use to cool and circulate air.

I will tell you what everyone else says. "just pay your bill"

You can also look for ways to cut back on some of your electrical usage.

I did the same thing. Even after my setup my electric bill went down.

"but thats an odd person whos like "His electric bill is going up. IT MUST BE WEED""

It really wouldn't be that odd, it would probably be more something like this "Hey this guys usage spikes by 2000w at exactly 12hr intervals everyday" That would be alot more obvious. Although your not looking at enough of a red flag for them to go alert anyone too it, maybe if you were running a couple 1000w's in there and your bill was in the $500-1000 range it'd be another story. But reguardless there not going to come busting down your door because of your electric bill, but it could however get some people taking a closer look at you which is something you probably don't want.

electrical companies DO NOT moniter usage hourly....they just dont.

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A. Too say that ALL electric companies do not monitor hourly would be kind of ignorant, theres alot of electric companies in the country and in the world that operate completely differently, there are places in the country where electricity usage is cheaper and more expensive at certain peak and off hours of the day. They can't do that without some sort of monitoring of when you are using your electricity.

B. It doesn't take a guy constantly monitoring a computer screen, just someone to notice hey theres a 2000w spike at exactly 7pm to this guys house every night and shuts off 12 hours later. You leave a pattern, they see a pattern.

i wouldn't worry, my parents bill is about 275$ and they obviously are legit. Like stated above pay the bill and say you got lots of computers or electric baseboard or that you do a lot of drying clothes.

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Well you shouldn't be having to explain away anything in the 1st place hehe at that point you'd already be on their radar. But your right this isn't a worry for most non-commercial ops so I wouldn't be too concerned about it really.

Nice! thats kinda what I was hoping to hear. I was thinking of switching the 1000w to another 600w digital and I electric heat that I dont use so that plus curbing power in other spots should help.