How much electricity Can i use without drawing suspicion

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panada

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would using 10 1000W lights, with fans, and everything be enough electric use to raise suspicion in a 2 br house?
 
Kushman_23

Kushman_23

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HondaVixen said:
I completely disagree with everyone who says 'just pay your bill and nothing will happen.'

I pay my bill every month on time, and we went from 3 1000w hps and 2 400w mh,(about $550) to 5 1000w hps (about $700) and within a month I had the electric company come, turn off my power for 1-2 minutes while they switched my meter box out to replace it with a new one. Then the same guy came out 3 times a week for 2 weeks to check the meter and make sure the same consumption was going on. (Electricity company told me all of this)

When I called the electric company to see what was going on, why there was always someone comin by and why I hadnt received a notice or anything, they said that when my meter reached about 113 kw / day (I believe that was the number) it sent out a red flag to the company saying too much energy was being taken in, and to check the meter to see if something was wrong with it. I told the guy I had 4 other roommates and that at any given time someone was always home using something. He then informed me that for the energy we were using, it would have to be a family of 10, all of them never leaving the house, for that much energy to be used.

I immediately went back to 3 1000w (fucked myself btw) and went 16/8 in my mother/veg room. I havent seen him since then, but then again I havent called, and I only saw him the one time when he turned my power off and I damn near had a heart attack right on the spot.

So.... bullshit they dont care.... or.. I'd like to hear from someone whos running a REAL, FULL set up without extra juice coming in from an outside source, or rigging their box, and see what they have to say.
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I had 2 600w hps lights in my house in the uk, and my electricty provider called me up and asked me how im using more electricty than my street & asked if i was running heat lamps.. i quickly got out of it by saying i owned a lizard an its his heat lamps.. but he advised me to get rid of it asap

I had 2fridges, washing machine, dryer , 3tvs and 3 games consoles on all the time too so that never helped me.

Was costing me £55 per week veg
£40 a week flowerr
 
jimihendrix1

jimihendrix1

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24 x 1000w HID in my neck of the woods will cost over $1700 a month.

How much to use for me depends on the size of the dwelling.

I wouldnt go over 3 x 1000w HID for flowering, and 1x 1000w HID for veg. Thats pushing it. IMHO
 
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