250w CFL question

Hi just wondering if anyones used 1 of these as i need to knw how much its gonna cost to run on the leccy as im still at my mums... Im on 12/12 now so 250w on 12 hours a day how much? Im in the uk i jus dnt wanna run a huge electric bill up and cause suspicion...lol

it depends, my 400 watt run at 12/12 upped the bill by about 20 a month, so your's shouldn't be more than13 or so a month. You will be fine.

What dnt u thk she will notice?? Cant wait get my own place and purchase hps...badboy lol

Come on sum1 must have one of these and knw what they cost on electric? (uk) Looks like im gonna av to take my white widow dwn tnite as im abit scared of electric being higher and my parents clockin on, I mean one guy said abt £13 but i thk thats gonna be noticable on the bill looks like im gonna have to wait till i get my own gaf... Gutted

hey man, i am growing with a 250watt cfl and i have not noticed any difference. although i dont pay the bill, the missus does but she ain't said nothin. and she'd be the first to complain but all ok. i was told it cost's around 6p a day and i believe it. so don't frett man. if ya mum say's somit to ya i'm sure you can come up with a good one. good luck

Hey man thx - but its gotta be more than 6p lol, Ive been trying to use those electric calculators too work it out... but its comes up summat like £15 . I wanna carry on but jus cant get caught...so annoying

well i can tell you it aint much more than that as me missus so would have said summit. if you do work out the cost please let us know. but i aint gonna worry about till she says summit and i've been usin it for 3-4 months, just got me new 250watt red spectrum. started the flowerin process today. good luck man

what after 3-4 months veg thats gona be a monster lol, i put my ww into flower after 15 days veg it looks grat but its comin dwn tnite as my worry for the cfl cost is playin wiv my head jus dnt wanna get thrown out lol. I mite jus put her on the windowsil to keep her alive and take clones in a few months do u thk that would wrk mate??

worth giving it a go. seems such a shame to kill it. you can keep her alive for months with the smallest amount of light. good luck mate

this is somewhat easy math to find your answer

250w @ 12hr/day X 30 days

=.25kw X 12 X 30

therefore you will use 54kw/month

54kw x price/kw = monthly cost.

you'll have to know your price/kw, but where I live it's around 6.7 cents per kw, so my price would be

54kw x 6.7cents/kw = 361.8 cents or $6.03/month

so i was almost on the money with 6p a day as $6 is roughly £3. so you really have nothing to worry about. there is a reason they are called envirolights. so now go put your plant back where it was and stop bein para lol

fwiw, a computer running all day could consume 70 - 150watts/hr, which is half of your bulb's consumption. However, your bulb is only on half the time, so it's a wash in terms of energy consumption.

your bulb will consume/cost as much as running a computer all day.

Nice one lads i was jus abt to go put ma tent dwn but i will take ur word for it...Phew, Big releaf, Ive jus been looking at stealth grows - u can buy proper made stealth cupboards and stuff..well good check it out www.hydroponic-growrooms.co.uk - Welcome

Gawd I love math guys....

I want to see pic's of this alleged "250 Watt CFL". And if it is real, where did you get it from?

I think you mean 65 Watt CFL with 250W Inc = My friend. There's no such thing as a 250 Watt CFL

this is a 250watt cfl envirolight i got off of ebay, i have two. one for veg and one for bud. so belive it and weep man

Well duh. I mean something that is available to ME in the united states. If i lived in the UK i would own a few of those as well but i don't so those arent even an option to consider.

well thats too bad mate.

Yeah i guess i could ebay one and get it mailed but with my luck i would get charged out the ass for the 3,000-5,000 Mile Journey to the United States and probably end up with a bulb that was broken in shipment...