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has anyone figured out how much 1 150watt cfl of consistent use cost per mo. on average or a 250 w mh or a 400 w HPS? is it possible to hook up a car battery to an outlet? if anyone has any ideas on how to reduce the electric bill other than 18/6 or pirating energy post your response here

Wow. Just fucking wow. A car battery to an outlet. Wow.

If you want to save yourself on electricity and you own your own house use solar paneling. Expensive at first but then you can run whatever the fuck you want to in your house without the electric company caring because your using your own electricity.

you could try growing with LED lights and cfl's they both use way less power then HID lights.....I use led's in veg and add a 400w hps when I flower....my elec bills are fairly reasonable

Its extremely easy to tell how much a bulb will cost you. First you need to know how much your utility charges per KWH. The average in the nation (USA) is about 13 cents per kilo watt hour. so it would cost you 13 cents to run 1000 watts of power for 1 hour. Your 150 watt bulb if left on 18/6 would cost 18*150=2700 total watts of power or 2.7 KWH and 2.7 times 13 cents =35.1 cents per day to run. The 250 watt is the same method. 250*12 ( Were gonna use it for flowering)=3000. .13*3=.39 cents per day. Easy, just substitute your Utility rate for the .13 and you too can figure out how much that light is gonna cost you.


You can connect a car battery to an outlet with a power inverter. Mind you a car battery is 12 volts DC and home power is 120Volts AC, they are completely different and a inverter MUST be used.


Reduce power bill by replacing all lights in home with CFL type. unplug things that aren't being used, turn the temp down when heating and up when cooling.

Hey one day I plan to have a windmill run a generator hooked up to some batteries and a alternator to run a big hydroponic set up in the hills.

nice!!!!!!

snyder007 said:

Wow. Just fucking wow. A car battery to an outlet. Wow.

If you want to save yourself on electricity and you own your own house use solar paneling. Expensive at first but then you can run whatever the fuck you want to in your house without the electric company caring because your using your own electricity.

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apartment on the eastcoast... and why wouldn't that work?

jats said:

you could try growing with LED lights and cfl's they both use way less power then HID lights.....I use led's in veg and add a 400w hps when I flower....my elec bills are fairly reasonable

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i've got 1 250 w mh 1 400w hps and 40 150 w cfls. b4 i added 3/4ths of the cfls my bill was already at 300$

Switch all the incandecents in your house to low wattage CFL's. Pretty much all you can do. You put a car battery into a wall outlet your going to end up starting a fire and/or killing yourself.

NoDrama said:

Its extremely easy to tell how much a bulb will cost you. First you need to know how much your utility charges per KWH. The average in the nation (USA) is about 13 cents per kilo watt hour. so it would cost you 13 cents to run 1000 watts of power for 1 hour. Your 150 watt bulb if left on 18/6 would cost 18*150=2700 total watts of power or 2.7 KWH and 2.7 times 13 cents =35.1 cents per day to run. The 250 watt is the same method. 250*12 ( Were gonna use it for flowering)=3000. .13*3=.39 cents per day. Easy, just substitute your Utility rate for the .13 and you too can figure out how much that light is gonna cost you.


You can connect a car battery to an outlet with a power inverter. Mind you a car battery is 12 volts DC and home power is 120Volts AC, they are completely different and a inverter MUST be used.


Reduce power bill by replacing all lights in home with CFL type. unplug things that aren't being used, turn the temp down when heating and up when cooling.

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so how much does one 150 cfl use? the actual wattage(150) or the adjusted amount?

NoDrama said:

Its extremely easy to tell how much a bulb will cost you. First you need to know how much your utility charges per KWH. The average in the nation (USA) is about 13 cents per kilo watt hour. so it would cost you 13 cents to run 1000 watts of power for 1 hour. Your 150 watt bulb if left on 18/6 would cost 18*150=2700 total watts of power or 2.7 KWH and 2.7 times 13 cents =35.1 cents per day to run. The 250 watt is the same method. 250*12 ( Were gonna use it for flowering)=3000. .13*3=.39 cents per day. Easy, just substitute your Utility rate for the .13 and you too can figure out how much that light is gonna cost you.


You can connect a car battery to an outlet with a power inverter. Mind you a car battery is 12 volts DC and home power is 120Volts AC, they are completely different and a inverter MUST be used.


Reduce power bill by replacing all lights in home with CFL type. unplug things that aren't being used, turn the temp down when heating and up when cooling.

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and do you mean turning off or unplugging? does electricity run through machines when they're off?

snyder007 said:

Switch all the incandecents in your house to low wattage CFL's. Pretty much all you can do. You put a car battery into a wall outlet your going to end up starting a fire and/or killing yourself.

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You can connect a car battery to an outlet with a power inverter. Mind you a car battery is 12 volts DC and home power is 120Volts AC, they are completely different and a inverter MUST be used.


congratulations you've officially been owned

No where in your original post do you make mention of using an inverter. You simply asked if you could connect a car battery directly to a wall outlet to which the answer is no.

snyder007 said:

No where in your original post do you make mention of using an inverter. You simply asked if you could connect a car battery directly to a wall outlet to which the answer is no.

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jesus. way to take things reeeeeaal literally

If your not specific when talking about electricity you WILL kill yourself.

snyder007 said:

If your not specific when talking about electricity you WILL kill yourself.

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how is there any possible way to electrocute yourself from a 3 prong socket and a car battery without some type of converter?

To me it sounded like you were going to put a wire on each terminal and put it into the socket. I used to install car audio equipment and used to see some of the most ghetto ass installed shit ever. That's why I like specifics.

snyder007 said:

To me it sounded like you were going to put a wire on each terminal and put it into the socket. I used to install car audio equipment and used to see some of the most ghetto ass installed shit ever. That's why I like specifics.

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do you really think i'd be sitting here if i thought some shit like that would work?

I've seen stupider shit posted on here.

You can't get electrocuted by a 12 volt DC battery anyway, the voltage is not high enough to overcome the resistance of your skin.

When we talk about wattage, we talk about ACTUAL wattage, not equivalencies. So if your 150 w equivalent Fluoro bulb is actually 40 watts, then you need to figure the cost of 40 watts, not the equivalent 150. YOU NEVER USE the equivalent wattage for anything. Its just like saying "Hey this light bulb puts out the equivalent of 500,000,000,000 watts of light, but only uses 1 watt" Guess what? the power actually used is what your paying for (1 watt), not some farcical equivalent rating done by some light bulb manufacturers advertising department.

I run 2000 watts of power, it costs me approx $60 per month at a rate of 6 cents per KWH (Cheapest power in the nation where I am).

Appliances and electronic items DO use power when plugged in but not used. It is said that by unplugging all items not used will result in a 30-40 % energy saving on your elec bill.