ok, fair enough, your right......
24k is the most i have run at a house, in those regards......
Maximum watts for your setup?? Folks are worried.
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ok, fair enough, your right......
24k is the most i have run at a house, in those regards......
If your only running for your own needs 2k is plenty of juice without ever worrying about leo knocking. .
Yeah that,also agree with the NEVER steal elec.Thanks for the input.
^stealing is bad karma, and if the electric company finds out then you are busted. If you pay for it though then you are a good customer and they want to keep you around. I even heard of a guy from his electric company warning someone hear on ICMAG that the cops were there asking about his bills, and he knew why and thought it was wrong. That ICMAG member took everything down just in case and a week later his door was kicked in. but the cops had nothing. If I remember correctly, he he sued the cops for damages and they settled out of court
EXACTLY FOLKS....DO NOT STEAL ELECTRICITY!!!!
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powerrobbie
Hahaa damn my man thats very impressive. Did they ever ask any questions? Thats sooo much juice theres not many legit reasons to be using that much power in a residence
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grozzef
maybe he's got a dozen hot tubs
FreedomFightr
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I also agree, I would never ever steal power. Not worth it, But to each is own.
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gloryoskie
So I'm good with my 165 watts cfl.
I guess I should upgrade.
But keep it under 25,000 watts, natch.
I guess I should upgrade.
But keep it under 25,000 watts, natch.
May I ask, you lived at this place too? Lucky dog you
I am $650.00 ..I ran 2kw flower / T5 for veg..but lots of other standard consumption for a family of 3.
One way I sort of made myself feel better, and this is probably completely noob. I was at CostCo, and I was looking at everyday appliances that were 1kw,2kw. Not sure why, but sort of woke me up in regards to " omg is 2kw going to get me fucked". I was completely ignorant in terms of kw's. Anyhow always pay that bill when it arrives.
weeddaddy50
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wow.....F.Dupp......what state?
wow.....F.Dupp......what state?
That would be a huge bill here in California.
wow.....F.Dupp......what state?
That would be a huge bill here in California.
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Toes.
I don't run big lights, I'm an outdoors kinda fella. I veg with two 85 watt 5000k Satco cfls that give me 14,000 lumens... I mostly use them after August. I use the sun for flowering.
However, I may be able to contribute to this thread and help ease folks minds on wattage drawing attention.
this is a high end "gaming" computer power supply...
that 1200 on the side means 1200 watts. It doesn't draw all 1200 all at once, all the time, but you get the idea.
600 750 even 1000 watt bulbs are nathan on the scale of power consumption, if the WOW kid next door is pulling 5k on a LAN party every two days... you have nothing to worry about.
However, I may be able to contribute to this thread and help ease folks minds on wattage drawing attention.
this is a high end "gaming" computer power supply...
that 1200 on the side means 1200 watts. It doesn't draw all 1200 all at once, all the time, but you get the idea.
600 750 even 1000 watt bulbs are nathan on the scale of power consumption, if the WOW kid next door is pulling 5k on a LAN party every two days... you have nothing to worry about.
That would be a huge bill here in California.
Its not " huge" for California. In the summer in certain parts in SoCal, where its 105 in the days and 85-90 at night. I have seen bills that high. You factor in those McMansions during hot times and you are looking at 900 plus to 1500 bucks.
Where my folks live. Just now its cooling down to the low 80s.
So I guess it depends where ya live too.
Desert, coast, mountains. So, a " big bill" in Cali comment is just a generalization and not accurate.
Where im located,yes thats a huge bill for my area. But you go inland into the Valleys or Deserts. You need that AC cranked, its pretty normal.
Nice input. Also most electric furnaces pull over 25,000 watts when fired up,some over 40,000. Also elec hot water tank pull about 2000 and is on alot keeping your water up to temp.May I ask, you lived at this place too? Lucky dog you
I am $650.00 ..I ran 2kw flower / T5 for veg..but lots of other standard consumption for a family of 3.
One way I sort of made myself feel better, and this is probably completely noob. I was at CostCo, and I was looking at everyday appliances that were 1kw,2kw. Not sure why, but sort of woke me up in regards to " omg is 2kw going to get me fucked". I was completely ignorant in terms of kw's. Anyhow always pay that bill when it arrives.
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Fastcast
That's why I installed a timer on my water heater many years ago!Safe groing
weeddaddy50
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Hey Useful
Hey Useful
What is the kilo/wat per hour charge? and do you have tiers there?.....what state?
Thats the killer here....starts out at 12/cents an hour....but you end up at 34/cents hour after about 5 days into the month...they only give us like 450 hours at the low rate....if you grow at all....with a decent setup....you will hit 4000 hours a month pretty easy....and that is a killer at the higest rate.
Hey Useful
What is the kilo/wat per hour charge? and do you have tiers there?.....what state?
Thats the killer here....starts out at 12/cents an hour....but you end up at 34/cents hour after about 5 days into the month...they only give us like 450 hours at the low rate....if you grow at all....with a decent setup....you will hit 4000 hours a month pretty easy....and that is a killer at the higest rate.
Hmm guys. Some people really just worry too much about electric bills to begin with. The 4br APARTMENT i live in has been consistently using 100-120kw per day, and there's nothing grow related going on here at all. Really there isn't. Just a lot of big screen TV's and custom PC's. Been here 4+ years with no knock on the door yet. Shit just imagine if there was a pool/jacuzzi lol.
weeddaddy50
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