Energy costs to run a 20x30 grow (numbers posted)

Renfro

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There is an add-in you can buy that will let you setup excel to put barcodes in cells on your worksheet so they can be printed and scanned or printed onto labels and such. Pretty cool feature to know about if you need it.

 

DoubleAtotheRON

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There is an add-in you can buy that will let you setup excel to put barcodes in cells on your worksheet so they can be printed and scanned or printed onto labels and such. Pretty cool feature to know about if you need it.



That's awesome man! ... appreciate the link!
 

TreeFiddy350

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There is an add-in you can buy that will let you setup excel to put barcodes in cells on your worksheet so they can be printed and scanned or printed onto labels and such. Pretty cool feature to know about if you need it.

Thanks Renfro! I’m gonna check it out too!
 

Havoc0122

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So here are the hard numbers. (See attached billing cycle of 2 grows back to back) I am running ...
18 HLG 550 V2's
2 ton Carrier mini split
1- 18,000 BTU wall heat/air unit
1- 20 cubic ft deep freezer (for storing raw processing material)
12- 8ft T5 light fixtures
2- 24 inch oscillating fans
2- 4000 sq ft dehumidifiers
1- 10 inch Hyperfan intake
1- 5 gallon water heater
1- water pump
Thats just the grow room/shop building. The electric bill is all in one to include the grow building, my home, and water well energy to provide 2 homes (my dad has a home on my property 5 months out of the year)

My home AC unit was old and inefficient. I just now upgraded the AC unit to an 18 seer heat pump and all matching Carrier air handler, 5 ton A coil, etc. So, Im sure we will see better numbers in the future.
This last run was for processors fresh frozen bud. We ended up with a 2 month veg, 10 week flower and 153 lbs of market ready product for processors. Hope this info is helpful for future growers.
I'm pretty impressed bro. I would consider you power bill small in comparison to the success you have. Very nice..
 

DoubleAtotheRON

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I'm pretty impressed bro. I would consider you power bill small in comparison to the success you have. Very nice..
Thanks!... yes, we have been impressed with the low cost to run the room with the HLG's and our residence. The room is another building about 17 steps away from the house. The power bill is another advantage to living in a somewhat poor State, everything is pretty cheap.
 

DoubleAtotheRON

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My cuz has a very similar grow. About exactly the same size only big difference is he has 16 Gavita 1000's. Your bill isn't a quarter of his. Very Nice
I agree.. and this is including a primary residence. (1800 sq ft). and also well house power to keep everything green in the summer. We water with tower sprinklers 24/7 during the hot time of the year. We have about 7 that run all the time. We just let them run for 12-14 hours and then move them to another location. I would say we keep 4 acres really nice and tight.
 

DoubleAtotheRON

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@Renfro ,That is correct on the wet. Dry was closer to 1.2 lbs per light market ready. Still waiting out this market the see if we are going to do wet or dry. We may just do top colas dry, and secondaries wet to processors. We like to let the secondaries cook another ~2 weeks after we pull top colas to let them fatten up a bit more. Its going to be hard to say what we are going to get per plant that way tho. 1/2 dry/ 1/2 wet. We'll have a look at the market in another 30 days or so.
 
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outliergenetix

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So here are the hard numbers. (See attached billing cycle of 2 grows back to back) I am running ...
18 HLG 550 V2's
2 ton Carrier mini split
1- 18,000 BTU wall heat/air unit
1- 20 cubic ft deep freezer (for storing raw processing material)
12- 8ft T5 light fixtures
2- 24 inch oscillating fans
2- 4000 sq ft dehumidifiers
1- 10 inch Hyperfan intake
1- 5 gallon water heater
1- water pump
Thats just the grow room/shop building. The electric bill is all in one to include the grow building, my home, and water well energy to provide 2 homes (my dad has a home on my property 5 months out of the year)

My home AC unit was old and inefficient. I just now upgraded the AC unit to an 18 seer heat pump and all matching Carrier air handler, 5 ton A coil, etc. So, Im sure we will see better numbers in the future.
This last run was for processors fresh frozen bud. We ended up with a 2 month veg, 10 week flower and 153 lbs of market ready product for processors. Hope this info is helpful for future growers.
okay how the fuck my electric bill is over $300 some months in the winter time and that is not running ac/heat in the grow area lol. how are you doing two houses and a 20x30 grow for 200 more?
 
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