Switching night time hours?

Underground1337

Underground1337

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Its real hot during the day and my bill is real high.
Changing my light from on during the day to night time, is it possible 3 weeks into flowering?
Light goes on from 7 am - 7 pm and temps r 76-80. If I leave darkness 24 hours and start lights on from 7 pm to 7 am.
Possible or na? Anybody have experience?
 
Yeah so change from 7 - 7 then 8 - 8 and so on until it flips all the way until 7 pm - am.
Have you had any experience doin this at all? I am desperate so im gonna do it asap thanks a lot brother.
I remember somebody had said something about just leaving the light off for a hole day n restart a new lights on period at night.
 
Umm am I missing something? If you split the hours up what is that going to help the cost, it is the same amount. The question was if I am reading correctly, he wants to charge his lights (or maybe he meant the power source that powers the lights) for the use to cut his power usage and bill. Sorry man, you need 12 hours light maybe 11 if you want to cut it close no matter how you use it weather using it during the day or charging batteries for the day time use.

Run your lights at night when it is cooler so it helps cut your air conditioning down during the day or something creative.
 
You must have read it wrong... Light is cheaper at night time and its cooler at night too..... my lights are on during the day...
I am trying to find a way to safely rotate it from day time lights on to nights time lights on which im hoping will fix my heat issue.
 
Bingo.. I knew what you ment. I run thousands in the day n I'll see 110 temp along with paying an extra 5$ a month
 
BigBuddahCheese said:
Umm am I missing something? If you split the hours up what is that going to help the cost, it is the same amount. The question was if I am reading correctly, he wants to charge his lights (or maybe he meant the power source that powers the lights) for the use to cut his power usage and bill. Sorry man, you need 12 hours light maybe 11 if you want to cut it close no matter how you use it weather using it during the day or charging batteries for the day time use.

Run your lights at night when it is cooler so it helps cut your air conditioning down during the day or something creative.
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It's not the same amount. Electricity costs more at different times (at least all places I've ever lived, could be different somewhere, but I kind of doubt it).
 
Yeah you guys are correct. So tonight im gonna leave the light on until 8 pm but it wont go on until 8 am which is 12 hours....
I just hope the slow change doesnt mess with the plant at all. Ive had to take off little bananas off one of my 6 females...
 
billybob420 said:
It's not the same amount. Electricity costs more at different times (at least all places I've ever lived, could be different somewhere, but I kind of doubt it).
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Never doubt the unknown.
Most likely you have the choice of many different rates.
I have 7 choices for residential service. Including both fixed and time of day rates.
 
you can just leave lights off for one day then start your new schedule at night. I bet that the outcome would be the same as to moving one hour at a time, maybe even better, and much easier, and quicker, you will immediately escape hot temps...
 
Blue thats true i pay time of day rate and during the day its most expensive I jus saw the increase in the bill.
Jus got layed off from work so need to save every penny.

zem after a lot of reading other threads and from hearing many things from different people that is
what I have decided to do. Instead of leaving it on another hour I am goin to turn the lights back on at 7 pm and go from there.
Hope for the best because one plant had already those lil bananas on em. I picked em off u think it will b good ?
 
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Here elec is cheaper at night and I like the fact that you pick up on the temps being easy to maintain at night that during the day as long as the room has no light leaks I think you will be fine and do what the guy above said, dont just switch switch an hour a day to avoid stress.
 
I normally just extend the dark period by whatever amount is needed to change my light times and have had no issues. up to 24 hours of dark doesn't seem to stress them at all from my expierence.
 
Thanks a lot every body I am goin to put the light on at 7 pm. Its in darkness now and has been since 7 pm last night.
I wil post a update to show if all goes well.
 
All positive change! No signs of stress at all. Plants are doing really good and will be harvesting in less than a month.
thanks again everyone
 
I have always just flipped around my timing any old way without a single issue. If it's in flowering more darkness seems more logical than more light.
 
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I have always just flipped around my timing any old way without a single issue. If it's in flowering more darkness seems more logical than more light.
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Oh yeah, thats what made sense to me. It was a small but smart and efficient change. Temps at night here are usually inbetween 12-20 degrees celcius.
It really does make a different with temps in the tent, which are now steady at 25 degrees celcius and humdity kept at 55%. Ill post some pics of my girls in a bit to show you guys whats up.
 
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