Help Electric Bill:Supplimentry Energy Source
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Chumlie
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Where I live a KWH is 20 cents.
If you want to supplement your power then you have a few choices. Generator..its usefulness kind of fluctuates with the price of fuel. Noisy and smelly.
Solar panels..expensive, only works when its light out. Big battery package to care for. Takes up a lot of space and has stringent requirements of placement.
Windpower, expensive, ugly, needs wind obviously, plus there is maintenance that needs to be done on a regular schedule. Batteries to care for.
Steam powered... lots of heat, can be noisy and humidity can be high. Need water and another source of heat like Nat Gas, which is more costly than electricity. You could burn wood though.
Solar panels..expensive, only works when its light out. Big battery package to care for. Takes up a lot of space and has stringent requirements of placement.
Windpower, expensive, ugly, needs wind obviously, plus there is maintenance that needs to be done on a regular schedule. Batteries to care for.
Steam powered... lots of heat, can be noisy and humidity can be high. Need water and another source of heat like Nat Gas, which is more costly than electricity. You could burn wood though.
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Keenly
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rofl car battery
a car battery is designed to have one HUGE spike of around 220 amps
this creates a nice spark to light your mixture, and give the starter a turn
you cant run it off of a car battery, however, if you did some how hook up an hps to a car battery, im quite certain it wouldnt light at all
option A: light doesnt turn on
Option b: light explodes
option c: dont be an idiot with electricity
a car battery is designed to have one HUGE spike of around 220 amps
this creates a nice spark to light your mixture, and give the starter a turn
you cant run it off of a car battery, however, if you did some how hook up an hps to a car battery, im quite certain it wouldnt light at all
option A: light doesnt turn on
Option b: light explodes
option c: dont be an idiot with electricity
gotot
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are any of these methods cheap?
Chumlie
Well-Known Member
Hey like I said 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.
The windmill will power a generator the generator will create electricity to power up batteries(a lot of batteries), and the batteries will start the alternator. The alternator might be connected back to the generator to keep the circuit going...I haven't done to much research, I have only recently thought of doing this at my land.
The windmill will power a generator the generator will create electricity to power up batteries(a lot of batteries), and the batteries will start the alternator. The alternator might be connected back to the generator to keep the circuit going...I haven't done to much research, I have only recently thought of doing this at my land.
nunof
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A kw/h is how many kilowatts are used in an hour. There are 1000watts in a kw.
A 150w cfl uses .15kw/hrs. Now multiply how many hours the bulb will be running in one month by what the electric bill charges per kw/h.
18(hrs)*30(days)*.15(kw/h)*(what your electric company charges)=
A 150w cfl uses .15kw/hrs. Now multiply how many hours the bulb will be running in one month by what the electric bill charges per kw/h.
18(hrs)*30(days)*.15(kw/h)*(what your electric company charges)=