Not quite sure that's the idea of what CARE is for, but way to game the system...lol
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$1400 Electric Bill for 1 Bdrm Apt (HELP)
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EastCoast710
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you know what this is.. is.. exhausting your ac air.. had this happen to a friend of mine in the summer.. dude was using ac in his grow .. and was retarded and exhausting that air instead of exhausting the lights.. and using co2.. lol.
Most growers saving the most have figured out how to be on PG&E's CARE program. Opps....as previously stated
fuck em even with care we pay too much.. i don't care.....yeehaw
::Yeah that don't make a lot of sense there. But sshhitt would love a $1400 bill. It is a touch bigger than a one bedroom apartment.LOL It is a closed system so saves a few bucks. Here in Mich the cost of Electricity Doubles if you go over a certain kilowatts!! Try to guess how much 15 double ended 1000's, 10 T5's, MF'n 4 2ton AC units and all the rest of the electrical crap fans, meters, monitors, Video cameras......hammer's us for a month? Damn near need to take out a bank loan for the first run! No BS! Put it this way you could buy a damn nice new car for 6 months worth.
We know this poor kid that had to Borrow 10 grand from his parents and you guessed it the whole damn crop hermed out bad REAL bad! That so unlucky dude never recovered from it. Packed that shit up and said I'm out! Sell it all I don't even want to look at it!!
I'll tell you what I don't think I could hold myself back from driving to Cali and shooting up the place his feminized OG seeds came from!! Hells no! NO FEMS OR BS AUTOS indoors up in our joints!!!
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I run my lights at night in the summer.. it saves me on cooling BIGTIME.[/QUOTE]
Well that's a no brainer! Jk We got all this crap up and running 18 hours now. Because my Cousin can't just work for 12 hours a day! Still working on tables and what not. These bitch's are and will really be massive running two more months at least. Good thing we got 15' Ceilings! Double enders are not sealed air cooled. So get any closer than 60" from them and its scorch city baby!!
Well that's a no brainer! Jk We got all this crap up and running 18 hours now. Because my Cousin can't just work for 12 hours a day! Still working on tables and what not. These bitch's are and will really be massive running two more months at least. Good thing we got 15' Ceilings! Double enders are not sealed air cooled. So get any closer than 60" from them and its scorch city baby!!
all I can say is watch out - at a previous house I rented, the upstairs neighbors found an outlet in the basement that was wired to my meter. They dropped an extension cord down the side corner of the house and stole electricity from me to run space heaters in winter.
There was an extra $250 on my bill. The OP's situation sounds like a billing mistake was made though, I would definitely ask for another meter read or something. 1200w of HPS is not unusual. I've seen household kitchen and bathroom lighting fixtures that run 500 watts easily. A friend of mine had about 700 or 800 watts of lighting on in her kitchen all day and night.
There was an extra $250 on my bill. The OP's situation sounds like a billing mistake was made though, I would definitely ask for another meter read or something. 1200w of HPS is not unusual. I've seen household kitchen and bathroom lighting fixtures that run 500 watts easily. A friend of mine had about 700 or 800 watts of lighting on in her kitchen all day and night.
RockinRobot
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Just as an FYI. NEVER ask the electric company to check your meter for a billing issue. Why? Because when an electric meter starts to go bad it slows down not speeds up. You will never end up paying more because of a bad meter. First thing that happens when you report an issue is they put in a freshly calibrated meter and then take the old 1 for testing. Chances are your bill will go up.
For the OP that bill looks quite normal. 2 600W lights is 1.2KWH for every hour it runs. Most AC pull about 10amps as well so that's easily another KWH for every hour it runs. that's just your lights and AC. Now add up all other equipment with the grow. Then add in everything you uses just for living and 6700KWH/ month is easy.
