C cooper420 Member Jul 17, 2011 #1 i made a cfl grow box and im wondering will it raise my electric bill alot? total of about 8 cfls and a fan
i made a cfl grow box and im wondering will it raise my electric bill alot? total of about 8 cfls and a fan
stumpjumper Well-Known Member Jul 17, 2011 #2 Not much at all... Depending on how many watts your bulbs are but 10 23w cfls is the equivalent of a little over 2 standard 100w light bulbs..
Not much at all... Depending on how many watts your bulbs are but 10 23w cfls is the equivalent of a little over 2 standard 100w light bulbs..
stumpjumper Well-Known Member Jul 17, 2011 #4 Yes it is great! CFL's rock man, plenty of proof here to back it up too.
Badman959 Member Jul 18, 2011 #5 Im using 2x 55Watt and a 125Watt CFL's and haven't noticed much different in electric bill
jimmy5800 Active Member Jul 18, 2011 #6 I have 2 60 watt greenlamp cfls on 24/0 and no difference in electric key meter charges. cfls are great.
I have 2 60 watt greenlamp cfls on 24/0 and no difference in electric key meter charges. cfls are great.
stumpjumper Well-Known Member Jul 18, 2011 #7 Naww if you run a couple hundred watts of CFL's you can just turn a light off in the house that you don't really need on all the time and you'll never notice a difference.
Naww if you run a couple hundred watts of CFL's you can just turn a light off in the house that you don't really need on all the time and you'll never notice a difference.
mushroom man Active Member Jul 19, 2011 #9 i run 22 26 watt cfls and my bill went up maybe 20 bucks a month
Gary Busey New Member Jul 19, 2011 #11 Figure about $4-$5 per ever 100 watts ran at 16 hours a day for 30 days. 100 watts x 16 hours = 1600 x 30 days = 48kwh @ the national average (if you're in the US) $0.10 = $4.80 Use this site to figure your costs: http://www.csgnetwork.com/elecenergycalcs.html It has a bill calculator. Pretty neat.
Figure about $4-$5 per ever 100 watts ran at 16 hours a day for 30 days. 100 watts x 16 hours = 1600 x 30 days = 48kwh @ the national average (if you're in the US) $0.10 = $4.80 Use this site to figure your costs: http://www.csgnetwork.com/elecenergycalcs.html It has a bill calculator. Pretty neat.
stumpjumper Well-Known Member Jul 19, 2011 #12 mushroom man said: i run 22 26 watt cfls and my bill went up maybe 20 bucks a month Click to expand... How many different outlets do you have those plugged in to?
mushroom man said: i run 22 26 watt cfls and my bill went up maybe 20 bucks a month Click to expand... How many different outlets do you have those plugged in to?
mushroom man Active Member Jul 19, 2011 #13 umm i got them on one outlet but i have them running out of a searge protector ,or a 6 way ,how ever u want to call it ,here is a pic Attachments 0719110827b.jpg 59.2 KB · Views: 13
umm i got them on one outlet but i have them running out of a searge protector ,or a 6 way ,how ever u want to call it ,here is a pic
stumpjumper Well-Known Member Jul 19, 2011 #14 Cool, I was curious how that many would do on one outlet.