air-cooled hoods vented into the attic?
Unbelievable my light bill
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air-cooled hoods vented into the attic?
floridacity2004
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well i was going to drop two new central a/c units and vent into them and keep the room extra cool and have my cage fans sucking from them the lights into the a/c vented system and have two big cage fans on the grow room door and have them on the out side of the door with carbon filters sucking air out from the top i will maintain 78 degrees
many makes anything happen i just want to make sure that i can have the best ir-block so that the arc of the lights are not seen
many makes anything happen i just want to make sure that i can have the best ir-block so that the arc of the lights are not seen
man..you are going to be using ignorant sums of juice...red flag..red flag...danger will robertson..danger will robertson...you would have to have huge sewer lines in order to vent 10000 watts through it..not only are you going to be juicing 10K watts of lights..all your fans and extras...like A/C...this shit will run you a fortune..it will make you a fortune also...but you cant spend money in jail...do you have natural gas run to your place? they do make natural gas generators that will run off of natural gas to power with..natural gas does not throw red flags like HUGE POWER BILL's ..or you can have it run off of propane..yea it is going to be expensive....if you have a chimney.or can get a chimney..to exaust through the roof ....in the winter it wouldnt be obvios at all..the heat signiture comming off the chinmey in the summer...roof's get hot..hot..mylar can cover the heat sig from inside..you can also run the exaust from the generator up into the exaust chimney...the same one used for your light's
floridacity2004
Well-Known Member
i can run the lights off of a generator and everything else off of the power bill or vice verse but yah i only pay .046450 per watt used
whatapothead
Well-Known Member
all you guys say your prices go up when you "hog"
i have two levels....
0-2000 KWH @.0855
over 2000 KWH @ .0837
its not much but it does drop the more i use.
i have two levels....
0-2000 KWH @.0855
over 2000 KWH @ .0837
its not much but it does drop the more i use.
thelastpirate
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Quote Floridacity2004:
Since a good CFL lasts 10 times longer than an old-style bulb, that's a lot fewer bulbs to buy. This is especially important for large commercial applications, where the cost of labor to constantly replace old-style bulbs can be significant.
But there's yet more savings. Since CFL's run cooler than old-style bulbs, you'll spend less money to cool your home or office. (But don't think that this means you should use regular lights in winter; sure they create heat, but they do so inefficiently. When you need to add heat to your home, light bulbs are the most wasteful way to do it. Short answer, CFL's are best no matter what the season.)
Since a good CFL lasts 10 times longer than an old-style bulb, that's a lot fewer bulbs to buy. This is especially important for large commercial applications, where the cost of labor to constantly replace old-style bulbs can be significant.
But there's yet more savings. Since CFL's run cooler than old-style bulbs, you'll spend less money to cool your home or office. (But don't think that this means you should use regular lights in winter; sure they create heat, but they do so inefficiently. When you need to add heat to your home, light bulbs are the most wasteful way to do it. Short answer, CFL's are best no matter what the season.)
dazed76
New Member
you can't really be stealthy with 10,000 watts.
i donno about that look inot lead based mylar film it keeps the helicopters from cing into the area and wire into 240 that way you use half the power
there is a lot more than helicopters. but you know this.
240. half the power? you just lost ALL credibility here.
K1Ng5p4d3
Junior Creatologist
N to save on electricity, why dont you use HALF the amount of 1000w HIDs that you planned to use. Buy yourself the 5 1000w setups, and then get some light movers. Get a big old track to run them on too, and just flip the switch man. The light will be distributed evenly over the entire grow, and it will be just like your using 10 setups, at half the price every month.
theres a way to keep your costs down no matter what you do man. Although i gotta say that what your tryin to attempt is a little ambitious.
N did you just say that a perfect growroom doesnt need an exhaust??
........huh??
420weedman
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i guess you can consider .. outdoors as the perfect grow room
thelastpirate
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Lead wont do anything more than good insulation to foil FLIR, and 240 does not reduce power consumption. 400w is the same KW/Hr rate no matter if it's 120 or 240. Besides, I'd REALLY love to know why everyone is so afraid of FLIR. The capabilities and limitations for detection are out there for anyone to educate them selves. It's all hype, especially now that they need a warrant to use it. Public ignorance of it's capabilities is it's greatest deterrent, and that is reinforced by the cops. They WANT us to believe they are watching. Keeps honest people honest.
thelastpirate
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(Smacking self in forehead) DOHH!! thats a great idea, and doable too! Makes perfect sense.
i saw a room on the "urban grower". i'm doing my best to find it but can't. it was pretty big. 30 X 30 maybe. all self contained.
"urban grower" rules for Bud Porn. Little too much, actually, for me...
'Okay here we have yada joe, and he's growing yada yada strains under x amount of lights... NOW... lets spend the next ten minutes panning around the room and zooming in and out on various plants!'
'Okay here we have yada joe, and he's growing yada yada strains under x amount of lights... NOW... lets spend the next ten minutes panning around the room and zooming in and out on various plants!'
thelastpirate
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"urban grower" rules for Bud Porn. Little too much, actually, for me...
'Okay here we have yada joe, and he's growing yada yada strains under x amount of lights... NOW... lets spend the next ten minutes panning around the room and zooming in and out on various plants!'
Interesting. A URL or a link?
ISmokePotBecauseItsCool
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I pay 22.3 cents per kwh
thelastpirate
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You sure it aint .223 per KWH? It your paying that much, I hope they at least kiss you and use lube.