Quick question about power consumption

First off, yes I checked out the sticky, but I have just one problem: My utilities are included in my rent.

Since I never see a power bill I have nothing to reference. I rent a back house in a suburb and my landlord just has me pay a flat amount every month for rent+utilities, so I never see a power bill. I'm going to be growing just 2 plants, so I'll only be using about 200w. Would this create a suspicious spike in my power usage?

Thanks all!

i really wouldn't be concerned about 200w really isn't that much in the grand scheme of things. consider how much power your entire house consumes. now think of the things that run round the clock, such as your refrigerator, water heater, heat, a/c. All of these things consume way more that 200w.

If your power is tied in with your landlord's house. consider how much power they use. i bet the power use, prior to getting the light, fluctuated far more that 200w. so don't worry.

Just realized my PSU in my computer is a 400w. Using my amazing intellect I have discovered that if I just turn off my PC during the lighting cycle I should have no change.

This site does the math for you as to cost Grow Light Operating Cost - Greentrees Hydroponics

DumpsterKeeper said:

Just realized my PSU in my computer is a 400w. Using my amazing intellect I have discovered that if I just turn off my PC during the lighting cycle I should have no change.

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lamo,,,amazing intellect,,,were just stoners with good ideas,,cept for the dude who wanted to water his plants with bong water,,now that was just stupid!

Keep on Growin

HoLE

DumpsterKeeper said:

Just realized my PSU in my computer is a 400w. Using my amazing intellect I have discovered that if I just turn off my PC during the lighting cycle I should have no change.

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This doesn't mean you'll have 400W to spare -- that's just the maximum wattage the PSU can draw. How much it actually draws depends on your hardware and what's running.

If you really want to be sure on the power usage, I'd recommend you buy a cheap Kill-A-Watt meter (roughly $30) to measure how much power you're currently using across all your appliances.

You can never be too safe.

meaty said:

This doesn't mean you'll have 400W to spare -- that's just the maximum wattage the PSU can draw. How much it actually draws depends on your hardware and what's running.

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The PC originally came with a 250w, but I burned that out when I upgraded a few components (new video card, dual-core CPU, etc). I did the math and I'm using more than 250w, so if I intend on using about 200w I should be fine. My mighty brain strikes again!