Energy bill
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titleistbudz
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Probably around $20 more or so...
My computer has a 600W power supply and that runs 24/7. So its not noticeable.
My computer has a 600W power supply and that runs 24/7. So its not noticeable.
Daddydw21
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yea i was thinken it couldnt be that much cuz my comp runs 400 watts jus wanted to be sure thnks for clearen it up for me
Daddydw21
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damn it seems like it would cost more than $20 a month running 24 hours a day but sounds nice to me lol
well it really depends on how much you get charged for power of course right... I'm in BC it's cheap here, but ya gotta think right, a stove is like 2000 watts plus a dryer, a washer, a hot water tank, ya don't really gotta worry about power consumption unless ya got like 30 lights going,
squishdoggydog
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I've got a 250w MH, air pump,water pump, circulating fan, humidifier, and 2 inline exhaust fans running 24/7. I pay almost 9 cents per kilowatt/hr and my bill actually went down $3 dollars because I wanted to try and even out the bill by installing flourescent bulbs throughout my house. Turns out I used less than expected. Gotta love it.
Daddydw21
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lol yea that sounds like it would be kool im in usa
squishdoggydog
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yeah, the wife and I try to be as energy efficient as possible during the grow. No extra lights on, adjusted thermostat, things like that. All those little things really add up.
Your PC's power supply has that capacity, but it's unlikely drawing that much. If your power supply was always drawing its max rated power then energy saving features on your cpu, hard drive, etc. would be useless.
I did the math. Based on my charges per kwh on my bills, 1000w @ 18 hours per day is about $75 bucks/mo.
None of these is running constantly for 18 hrs., even the hot water tank.
Daddydw21
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do you stay in usa
It depends on how much your power costs. 1) Find out how much you pay per kwh on your bill. Energy and delivery charges might be separate, so make sure to add them together, along with any other costs per kwh. That's your kwh-cost. 2) Multiply your watts-used by the number of hours per day it will be on. That's your watt-hours. 3) Divide watt-hours by 1000. That's your kwh-used. 4) Multiply your kwh-used by kwh-cost. That's your cost per day. Units iz Dollar$. Multiply by 30 for cost/month.
- Something similar to this might be in a faq around here. Or by googling. If I messd up, please, someone correct me.
- I read once that ballasts use power over and above bulb wattage, so add 10% to consumption for the ballast.
- Don't forget to add power for fans etc., if measuring the cost of the grow.
- This kind of math can keep one from being enslaved, especially in the USA.
Daddydw21
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haha ill hafta to get my wife to do all that math shit ill get lost but i know we jus got our comp and im growing with 4 23 watt 2 13watt and 3 45 watt CFLs right now and our bill jumped like 49 dollars
Ha ha ha. If I asked mine to do the math I'd get something like, "I'm not your calculator, bitch!" She will cook for me and sex me up good, but for anything less than Lorentz transformations or differential equations I'm on my own. Hahaa.
Daddydw21
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when im not high im pretty smart but most of the time im high lmao