How much more will it cost me to run a 400W CFL?

whulkamania

whulkamania

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Hey,

How much more on my bill would it cost to run 1 400W CFL....Also would a red flag go up if the electricity company notices it?


-Thanks.
 
thelastpirate

thelastpirate

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whulkamania said:
Hey,

How much more on my bill would it cost to run 1 400W CFL....Also would a red flag go up if the electricity company notices it?


-Thanks.
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Where ya gonna get 1 400w CFL? No matter, 400w is 400w whether its CFL, or HID.
Somewhere between 15 and 20 dollars a month, depending on where you live, and it's on 24/7. Less if you are doing 18/6 or 12/12. And no, no red flags there. Thats nothing. The power supply in the average computer nowadays is at least 400w. It's like you added another computer.
I have 3 400w HPS going 12/12, and my ill spiked about 75 bucks during veg, but dropped back to about 30 now. One dude here had a 200 dollar a month spike!!
 
whulkamania

whulkamania

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thelastpirate said:
Where ya gonna get 1 400w CFL? No matter, 400w is 400w whether its CFL, or HID.
Somewhere between 15 and 20 dollars a month, depending on where you live, and it's on 24/7. Less if you are doing 18/6 or 12/12. And no, no red flags there. Thats nothing. The power supply in the average computer nowadays is at least 400w. It's like you added another computer.
I have 3 400w HPS going 12/12, and my ill spiked about 75 bucks during veg, but dropped back to about 30 now. One dude here had a 200 dollar a month spike!!
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Thanks I am going to give you some + Rep.

However I doubt it would raise a red flag I mean look at how much computers are changing technology and it is no longer rare to walk into anybody's home and find a computer.
 
whulkamania

whulkamania

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thelastpirate said:
Where ya gonna get 1 400w CFL? No matter, 400w is 400w whether its CFL, or HID.
Somewhere between 15 and 20 dollars a month, depending on where you live, and it's on 24/7. Less if you are doing 18/6 or 12/12. And no, no red flags there. Thats nothing. The power supply in the average computer nowadays is at least 400w. It's like you added another computer.
I have 3 400w HPS going 12/12, and my ill spiked about 75 bucks during veg, but dropped back to about 30 now. One dude here had a 200 dollar a month spike!!
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1. I guy I know who does PC Stealth grows is going to make me one with one 400W CFL.
2. You do have a good point about the computer thing.
3. Thanks.
4. I gave you rep.
5.Turtles FTW!.
 
grind

grind

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well is it like, equivalent to a 400 watt light, or does it actually use 400 watts? cause usually CFLs are like that, it'll say 400 watts but it really only uses about 90 watts of energy so in that case it'll only be like a 5 dollar increase.
 
whulkamania

whulkamania

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grind said:
well is it like, equivalent to a 400 watt light, or does it actually use 400 watts? cause usually CFLs are like that, it'll say 400 watts but it really only uses about 90 watts of energy so in that case it'll only be like a 5 dollar increase.
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Thanks but to be honest I think I am fine considering it has equal Watts to a a electronic.
 
mane2008

mane2008

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whulkamania said:
Thanks but to be honest I think I am fine considering it has equal Watts to a a electronic.
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A 400w Cfl bulb?Neva Seen it. U can get multiple bulbs to match 400w worth of cfl's.

In ya post u say its fine but if it says 400w equalivlent, its only about 4500lumens
 
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gangjababy

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BudsLoyalty said:
400w CFL? im not sure if i ever heard that before. but 4 (23 watts) CFL bulbs would match just about 400w.
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No way it would match a 400 watt HID!!!! Even if you had the same wattage of cfl's to the lumen output of the HID would be more than the cfl's. You need to read up budsloyalty.
And whulkamania don't you live at home? Don't your parents pay for the electricity?
 
whulkamania

whulkamania

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gangjababy said:
No way it would match a 400 watt HID!!!! Even if you had the same wattage of cfl's to the lumen output of the HID would be more than the cfl's. You need to read up budsloyalty.
And whulkamania don't you live at home? Don't your parents pay for the electricity?
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Yes but please do not lecture me about living at home, I have heard it a million times, Besides our bill comes is expensive and we have a ton of electronics and stuff so I don't think they will notice.
 
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BudsLoyalty

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gangjababy said:
No way it would match a 400 watt HID!!!! Even if you had the same wattage of cfl's to the lumen output of the HID would be more than the cfl's. You need to read up budsloyalty.
And whulkamania don't you live at home? Don't your parents pay for the electricity?
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eek ! sorry master lol. kiss-ass how about 6 CFLS ehhh !
 
ibsippin

ibsippin

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mane2008 said:
A 400w Cfl bulb?Neva Seen it. U can get multiple bulbs to match 400w worth of cfl's.
In ya post u say its fine but if it says 400w equalivlent, its only about 4500lumens
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Hey I'm running 4 13w 6500k cfls on 3 plants in veg stage right now. How can I up that? That's nowhere near enough is it?
 
BAMS

BAMS

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400w CFL? sorry had to be like the others, but really never seen or heard of 400w CFL....plus 400w in a PC case, LMFAO. the heat extraction coming from that case to rid of the heat is gonna give away the whole steath thing
 
ISK

ISK

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whulkamania said:
Yes but please do not lecture me about living at home, I have heard it a million times, Besides our bill comes is expensive and we have a ton of electronics and stuff so I don't think they will notice.
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so you are doing this grow without your parents knowledge....not nice....why not get your own home?
 
Cpappa27

Cpappa27

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There's no such thing as a single 400 watt cfl, but there is 400 watt T5 Fluro fixtures if thats what you mean. Otherwise if its CFLs that equal 400 watts then your bill wouldn't go up more than 10 bucks a month.
 
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