at what wattage do lights get "suspicious"?

[allovher]

for a small home or apt, what wattage do lights start to suck up a conspicuous amount of juice?

 

[Unclepauly]

for a small home or apt, what wattage do lights start to suck up a conspicuous amount of juice?

I'd say for a small apt anything approaching 2000w. I live in a condo and my bill is over $150 /month without any grow lights even running, but that's because I have a lot of power sucking electronics like a gaming PC w/24" CRT and a home theater. I've heard people say you can use a 1000w bulb per bedroom. I've got a 4 bedroom condo so yeah much room to expand (I'm only using a 400w right now).

 

[jballs]

When i was in an apartment i used a 1000 in a studio no prob for a year. Then i moved out.

 

[Drunkinop420]

as long as you pay your bill most electric companies could care less what u use it for

 

[InvestInMe]

i ran 5 1k hps 12/12 and 1 1000watt mh 24/7 in a 2 bedroom home for over a year Plus had heat on in the winter months have a 400+ power bill eah month. I have also seen a few commmercial grows in BC canada use 20+ lights (1000 watts each) in a 5+ bedroom home and have no worries with a 600-800 power bill

 

[That 5hit]

look dude if your asking that this means your prolly growing for personal use if this is so get you a 600w hps cooltube with a digital ballast grow like 6 plants in soil veggem 1month and this should get you close to a pound even if you fuck it all up 1/2lb and dont grow in an apt

 

[That 5hit]

as long as you pay your bill most electric companies could care less what u use it for

not 100 % true

 

[Unclepauly]

i ran 5 1k hps 12/12 and 1 1000watt mh 24/7 in a 2 bedroom home for over a year Plus had heat on in the winter months have a 400+ power bill eah month. I have also seen a few commmercial grows in BC canada use 20+ lights (1000 watts each) in a 5+ bedroom home and have no worries with a 600-800 power bill

Yeah, you're probably right, as long as you pay the bill and aren't stealing electricity you should be good to go(long as it's not completely outrageous). I'd say the heat is something to worry about more, you know those pesky helicopters with their pesky heat sig readers

 

[dirtnap411]

I'm running 1600w right now with no problems

 

[allovher]

seems like u gotta grow an acre to use 2much power

1kw p/ room goddamn!

 

[That 5hit]

seems like u gotta grow an acre to use 2much power

1kw p/ room goddamn!

keep in mind thats prolly base on nothing else being in those rooms