What's A Way To Get Around Getting Red Flagged At The Electric Company!

[markesparza1]

im want to run 10 lights in a house but I think 4K watts is the most I can run that won't cause suspicion but I'm wanting to run 10k under one roof lmk if there's another way like generators or another way to get electricity

 

[DemonTrich]

Just pay your bill. As long as your not stealing power, late on your bills, imo power conpanies don't give a crap.

 

[jammie]

yep- gotta agree w/ Demon

 

[markesparza1]

Just pay your bill. As long as your not stealing power, late on your bills, imo power conpanies don't give a crap.

In a illegal state I don't think it would look right if my bill is 1200 lol from what I've read

 

[DemonTrich]

What if you have 14 tvs going for NFL ticket, reptiles, home hospice care. They all use more power than a general household.

 

[Bill22]

In a illegal state I don't think it would look right if my bill is 1200 lol from what I've read

How about solar panels on your roof?

 

[markesparza1]

How about solar panels on your roof?

Would you be able to pull enough energy to pull 70 amps for 12 hours a day and I'm looking to spend about 5k on some other source of energy I don't know how expensive they would be sounds pretty costly

 

[tinderthumbs]

I freak out just using 2k watt lol u guys sure got some balls

 

[markesparza1]

I freak out just using 2k watt lol u guys sure got some balls

That's what I'm saying I do t k is why half these people tho k it's ok to just pay your bill lmao

 

[tinderthumbs]

yup I pay my bill on time in full last year they sent me a email saying I use more power then any one els on my block but never any thing els

 

[markesparza1]

yup I pay my bill on time in full last year they sent me a email saying I use more power then any one els on my block but never any thing els

Yea I mean that was kind of a heads up right there lmao where are you from ? And what was your bill ?

 

[tinderthumbs]

mid west think it was like about 500$

 

[markesparza1]

mid west think it was like about 500$

Yeah I've had my hit 7oo recently but change my electric company and have from 8pm to 5 am free for a whole year and brought it down to 400 lol shits crazy

 

[Wildill]

Good question

 

[DoubleDuece]

im want to run 10 lights in a house but I think 4K watts is the most I can run that won't cause suspicion but I'm wanting to run 10k under one roof lmk if there's another way like generators or another way to get electricity

Well if you can afford switch to led lighting or you just pay bill and let them no your legal. Wink wink

 

[tinderthumbs]

id love to get some leds but im freaked out to order any and the shop around here cost way way more seen a lot of good diy led on here thinking about trying that but I have a hard time trying to figure that stuff out be nice to get some cob led for sure

 

[markesparza1]

id love to get some leds but im freaked out to order any and the shop around here cost way way more seen a lot of good diy led on here thinking about trying that but I have a hard time trying to figure that stuff out be nice to get some cob led for sure

Just after reading so much about them doesn't seem like you get the right light penetration to the whole plant and the yeild just isn't there not saying people can't get good bud with them I just think the yeild is much better with hps

 

[markesparza1]

I want to use a generator like a big one maybe natural gas but I'm not sure how much it would be I k ow a lot cheaper off natural gas

 

[tinderthumbs]

really every thing I seen about cob led are crazy good like top shelf led tech right now

 

[Bill22]

You might consider the Boulder Lamp 315w Agro CDL (ceramic discharge lamp) with bulb by Philips. It draws 315w of power but provides the equivalent of 600w of light. Boulder claims it is cooler than any other light, including LEDS. The spectrum is superior, imo. I will use 7 of these instead of 4 thouies. The calculation is 4,000w of the standard 1k lights divided by 600w = 6.7 of the 315w lights, rounding up gives me 7 of the 315w lights. Then my power usage is simply 7 times 315 = about 2200w. So I am cutting my power usage almost in half, though there is still air conditioning, fans, pumps, etc.

LEDs grow good bud, but I have heard they lack the penetration of a Gavita or other 1k light. I can't say for sure what the penetration of a Boulder 315w is like b/c I have not yet used it. According to Boulder, folks are pulling 1 lb per 315w light. I hope this helps someone.