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Old 01-22-2006, 03:53 PM   #1
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My friends tell me that i am going to pay out of my a@@ to try and set up a decent grow to keep all happy. How much money per month for 6 1000 kilowatt lights?
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im not sure about the exact tax rate where you are but around 30$-60$ added up to your light bill.however im not sure wait until you get some more feedback posts...
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Old 01-22-2006, 10:12 PM   #3
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$30-$60 is alot less than I thought. That shouldn't turn too many heads that are checking!!
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Look i study this thread
http://www.hempcultivation.com/420/s...ad.php?t=48731

It Show's you some good $$ light statistics !
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Hi BUDHOG

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Grow light operating cost calculator

You should also factor in the cost of temperature control, roughly 3 BTU/watt, so 18,000 BTU total.

6000w is pretty aggressive for a first grow, you might want to start small and learn the rope before you take the big plunge.

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It's a big mistake to let anyone know about your grow.

Since this is a lighting question, I'll move the thread to the Lighting forum.


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Your electric bill should give you the price of a kilowatt hour (Kwh).

A kilowatt hour is 1000W per hour.

Eack of your 6 lights will cost that price per hour that you run them. 12 hours a day:72 Kwh per day.

Vegging? 24 hours = 144 Kwh per day. I doubt that you can do it for $60 a month.


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I run a continual harvest with a 1KW MH and a 1KW HPS. I run my veg light 18/6 and my HPS on 12/12 every day. They add about $100/month to my electric bill. I suspect that $30 - $60 a month figure was pulled out from a dark warm nether region of the anatomy.

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just to get a ball park idea i would figure about $50/ 1kw light / month times 6 or about $300/ month....don't forget you will also have the operation cost of the fan's , pump's, timers and of course the AC cost......maybe more like $400/month .......but hey that ain't no big thing, it will probablly cost you about 10 grand just to set up a 6 k grow op....if you can afford to set it up; then running it shoud be no big thing........click here to see Rockclimber and how he is setting up his 8k grow op
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IM runing 800 watts and i saw a 30$ increase in my electric bill. Multiply that by 6 =180$$ So yeah, and thats under-calculating it. LOL
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