Power Consumption / Light Cost

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AFriend have the Grow Led´s ,and he say ist Bullshit !!

It´s in >The Flowering by Day 38 he have very very smal smal Buds,very small Budskiss-ass

leds = lol

leds are the snakeoil of the 2000's . some day in the year 2300 someone will have to get respect for leds again, itll be tough. for now hahahahah.

as much led watts as real bulb watts = lol again. ill bet its hotter in that room and with all those fixtures it takes twice as much room to fit it.

led light penetration = non existent. a 1k will penetrate 3-4 feet for buds on the bottom of plant. how can you compare?

youll have one 1 inch bud on top of a 2 foot toothpick of a plant.

your better off just putting your money in the garbage and getting drunk. cause in the end you wont have any bud to smoke anyway and youll be drinking the sadness away with your high tech non existent buds.

why does no one ever bother with specs for 250w? i live in a fucking desert, and unless I want to move 600cfm in and out the space i grow in can't work with anything begger.. I'd love 2 1000w but its just not happening in in a 2x3.5 footprint.

OL ya I use a 250w for my veg. I just put a few on there just for a general referance, if you open the file you will find that you can enter your own setup.

And just cause Im nice. A 250w will use:

10hrs = 75KWh
12hrs = 90KWh
14hrs = 105KWh
16hrs = 120KWh
18hrs = 135KWh

Im not sure how much my power bill is (im in b.c) but i think its pretty cheap...how much will it cost me to run a 1000 watt mh on 18/6.....and(not at the same time) how much will it cost me to run a 1000 watt hps on 12/12???
thanks alot if anyone helps me out.
peace

vitalious said:

Do you guys reckon that you can get away with 12 1000 watters?

Is that the kind of figure that would raise eyebrows?
I live in Canada, Ontario by the way.

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HOLY COW DUDE!!!

Might raise an eyebrow or 2

Even in Canada!!!

Towlie Rocks

In the US it costs 600 per month to run 4800 watts and 1200 for about 9000 watts.

How much would my electric bill go up if i had one 1000w hps? on 12/12?

my current bill here in SO CAL is about $100.00 a month.

Sorry im having trouble downloading the graph.

DIRTHAWKER said:

How much would my electric bill go up if i had one 1000w hps? on 12/12?

my current bill here in SO CAL is about $100.00 a month.

Sorry im having trouble downloading the graph.

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1000W for 12 hrs a day for 30 days will be an additional, in KWh not dollars, 360KWh.

So check your bill for your per KWh price and times that by 360.

i have fluro tubes but there colored. . . .would that be a problem?

Can somebody please tell me what lighting I need for 2 to 4 plants. Btw, the plants are autoflowering, which means they skip veg stage altogther. Ne advice would be appreciated.

Great thread peeps, Can I ask if this is correct for a 600w in the UK ?

Cheers
2.609 amps
230 volts
600watts
540 hours
£34pm = £ Cost to run all such Items in house for 1 month£

Sounds about right for a 600W veg.

total noob here-
what will the cost be if i use 4x 36w cfl?

i got a 400w mh, when is the best time to use on plants and how far from plants plz.

let me correct you on that vitalious if you dont mind.. its 93kwh and they red flag your house and you could exspect a door getting kicked in..

thats 7 1000w running 12 hours a day, thats off the top of my head might be a bit more, but for sure not 13, wishes and dreams bro..

7 is insane as is... shit a few lights is enough for me..

I have 21 23w CFLs (total of 438w(12blue 9red)) over 6 12" kids and 2 8" youngins and 1 6" dwarf (she got picked on as a baby). Kids and dwarf(i felt bad for her) are in 5 gallon buckets, youngins are in 2.5 quart pots all are with in 4" of light. I have exaust fan, light bulb fan and plant fan all are prob 80cfm. Temp day 75 - 80 at plant level and 85 - 90 at roof line, night time 60 - 70. Humidity is high (70% - 80%) tryin to fix but not sure how without dehumidifer which is to costly!

My Humble Questions to the WISE MAN!

1. Is that enought red to blue for flowering (vegged for 60 days)
2. Is that enought light at all (ok should have been #1)
3. How much power am i using (from reading your post I will have to look at my bill for kw cost and mulitply with used kw (hopefully you can tell me if i am correct and how much I used with light setup I also attached photos for you eyes) for cost)
4. Ideas on lowering humidity (without spending more than 20 bucks)
5. Whats best way to switch to 12/12 (ie: over time slowly say 7 days or just do it in one day and should there be a dark period 24 or 48 dark)


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THANK YOU!!!

does this work for US electric companies

this is a good way but why not just buy a generator