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videoman40
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Less than $20.00 a month
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Brokenhope420
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Also you can help make up for that, if you have incandescents in your house, replace them with very cheap cfls, and they will save you a lot of money, normally a 27 watt cfl outputs about the same amount of light as a 150 watt incandescent.
I'm in New England as well...my 400 watt HPS + (2) 42 watt CFL's boosted my bill by about 70 bucks a month....apparently your mileage can vary.
videoman40
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Depends on your electric company, there rates and associated taxes and fees.
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(Edit) The more I think about your post, something has got to be wrong here dude. $70.00 for one hps and a couple of cfl's? No way. There's more to this equation that just those lights you mentioned.
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(Edit) The more I think about your post, something has got to be wrong here dude. $70.00 for one hps and a couple of cfl's? No way. There's more to this equation that just those lights you mentioned.
mogie
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There is so much you can do to lower your electric bill or offset it.
Wash laundry in cold water only
Lower thermostat on water heater to 120 degrees
Put timer (called gray box) on water heater huge $$$ saver
Line dry laundry
Use motion sensors outside instead of lights that stay on all the time
Wash laundry in cold water only
Lower thermostat on water heater to 120 degrees
Put timer (called gray box) on water heater huge $$$ saver
Line dry laundry
Use motion sensors outside instead of lights that stay on all the time
green_nobody
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also a big saver in my place was to switch to CFLs for lighting my place and put all stereo stuff and tv on a plug board with on/off switch. also leaving the pc and tv not running 24/7 and only having lights switch on if i need them is a big saver on my bill
and laundry can be washed nowadays at 85-95F and still get clean as mogie pointed out
The one thing i didn't mention was my vortex fan which is another ~ 80 watts. Add it all up...for a 30 day month thats an additional 304 kW hour...19.1 cent per....thats ~60 bucks. How much are you guys paying per kW hour?
Moon Shadow
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mine is 8 cents man are you getting screwed not even NY City is that high do google on it
videoman40
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Yeah dude you are getting raped! 19.1 cents per....WoW, you are getting screwed. I pay more like half that. Think about taking it outside.
You know back onto saving money, one thing that has always intrigued me are those tankless hot water heaters, or "on demand" hot water heaters. No paying to keep a 40 gallon tank of water hot, makes sense to me. They are reasonably priced too, about $400.00 for a unit.
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You know back onto saving money, one thing that has always intrigued me are those tankless hot water heaters, or "on demand" hot water heaters. No paying to keep a 40 gallon tank of water hot, makes sense to me. They are reasonably priced too, about $400.00 for a unit.
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just curious...are you guys taking into account delivery fees? my actual cost is 7.5 cents pre kW hr and then another 11.3 cents for delivery....it sounds like i need to find a new provider.
videoman40
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Dude, I hate to ask but where do you live?
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skunkushybrid
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Costs me 20 quid a week to run 3 400w lights. 2 on flower and one on veg. I will be turning over every 4-5 weeks. 4 plants in dwc. It's my first time in dwc so no idea on yield yet. I'm working on a minimum of 2oz per plant. which is 8oz per 5 weeks. Leaves me 3oz to cover expenses. Of course the 2oz is a minimum, dwc provides excellent yields. If I allow 150 for expenses I've still got a couple hundred to slip in the pocket. Then there's the clones... there's a lot of lazy people out there who are quite willing to pay up to a tenner each on them. In fact I've made more money doing the clones than I could if I sold my total yield.
