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For you experience growers out there any tips on not looking suspect with the electrical company? Somethings I wonder how someone can run 4kwatts and not have the electrical company be suspicious
How'd you manage to rack up $800 in a Condo? You sleep on the porch?240v or 120v is the same amount of power used.
Don't be fooled.
Look at your EC website and see if they have on and off peak hours.
This can save you money if you run your lights during off peak hours. It's usually a lesser price per Kph.
My other suggestion is to pay your bill on time.
Honestly I never sweat it. In Portland my bill was around $800 month in a 3 bedroom condo.
Built a 8 lighter in the garage. Another 4k in one of the bedrooms.How'd you manage to rack up $800 in a Condo? You sleep on the porch?
what do u mean run on a switch?don't run 1000w lights, run your lights on a flip so you don't have a 12/12 power cycle on your smart meter. Most people just go for it, I don't think anyone actually gets caught by the power company in america anymore, I haven't heard of that in a while at least. pay your bill is the most important part though!
We have "off peak" , "mid peak" and peak billing in ontario canada. Those rates are between 8 cents kw/h - 28 cents kw/h !!!He's talking about a flip flop switch.
One ballast will control 2 light cycles.
Runs for 12 hours in one flower room. Then the flip flop switches it to the other flower room.
The ballast will run for 24 hours.
NONE of this matters if your kph are the same during a 24 hour period.
You need to look at your electric companies website to see if they have on and off peak hours.
Where I live it's 8¢ per Kph all day. So it doesn't matter what time I run my lights.
You do need to take in consideration of heat. If you can't control the heat you may need to run at night. If you run ac this will keep the ac from running all day during the heat.
He's talking about a flip flop switch.
One ballast will control 2 light cycles.
Runs for 12 hours in one flower room. Then the flip flop switches it to the other flower room.
The ballast will run for 24 hours.
NONE of this matters if your kph are the same during a 24 hour period.
You need to look at your electric companies website to see if they have on and off peak hours.
Where I live it's 8¢ per Kph all day. So it doesn't matter what time I run my lights.
You do need to take in consideration of heat. If you can't control the heat you may need to run at night. If you run ac this will keep the ac from running all day during the heat.
I'm fully aware a flip flop will not save money.the switch doesn't save you money at all - it saves you from law enforcement if they're looking for 12/12 signatures. They have algorithms they can run, electric companies rarely check that sort of thing or care.
I'm fully aware a flip flop will not save money.
I was trying to explain you can save money by running at nighttime when it's cooler.
I'm so Fucking high high right now I'm not making sense. Lol.
I don't see why this wouldn't work. Use the T5's top and bottom (morning and evening) to simulate sunrise and sunset even, he may see some interesting responses such as shortened veg time perhaps.This question came from another grower, and I have no idea whether it makes sense: Can you save power on an 18-hr grow cycle by cutting the HPS to 12 hrs, and adding 6 hrs of Hi intensity T5s? Maybe 3 hrs at either end of HPS cycle? I don't want to try it myself; I'm just starting to get the kind of results I can be happy with. Has anybody tried this? With what results?