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keroseen
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Hey Farmers.
Thought I'd start the 40000'th thread on the posibilites of doing an economical grow with a generator.
I've looked at it many times in the past and it's never been worth it but with biodiesel makers and waste oil available pretty cheaply I've been thinking about it again.
OK so to start you would need a decent biodiesel maker which can produce say 100 litre batches which will stand you around £1000.
Then you'd need lets say for a 4x600 grow a 3kw diesel generator around £800.
Say £200 for chemicals n shit to start the bio machine and you're up and running for around £2K which is nothing in the context of growing.
OK a decent economical 3Kw diesel generator will use around 1 litre per hour to make 3kw, so 12 litres per day in your bloom room. If you want to veg in the main room as well obviously you're gonna use a bit more during veg.
OK it costs approx 15p to produce a litre of biodiesel x by 12 hours = £1.80 per day or £12.60 per week to run a 2.4kw grow.
£12.60 x 8 = £100.80 for an 8 week bloom period.
So thats basically £100 to power a grow that will give you 85oz if you know what you're doing.
This is assuming you can find waste veg oil for nothing. If not waste oil can be purchased for around 30p per litre and then obviously you'd triple your cost to £300 per cycle.
£300 to produce 85oz, food for thought.
KS
Thought I'd start the 40000'th thread on the posibilites of doing an economical grow with a generator.
I've looked at it many times in the past and it's never been worth it but with biodiesel makers and waste oil available pretty cheaply I've been thinking about it again.
OK so to start you would need a decent biodiesel maker which can produce say 100 litre batches which will stand you around £1000.
Then you'd need lets say for a 4x600 grow a 3kw diesel generator around £800.
Say £200 for chemicals n shit to start the bio machine and you're up and running for around £2K which is nothing in the context of growing.
OK a decent economical 3Kw diesel generator will use around 1 litre per hour to make 3kw, so 12 litres per day in your bloom room. If you want to veg in the main room as well obviously you're gonna use a bit more during veg.
OK it costs approx 15p to produce a litre of biodiesel x by 12 hours = £1.80 per day or £12.60 per week to run a 2.4kw grow.
£12.60 x 8 = £100.80 for an 8 week bloom period.
So thats basically £100 to power a grow that will give you 85oz if you know what you're doing.
This is assuming you can find waste veg oil for nothing. If not waste oil can be purchased for around 30p per litre and then obviously you'd triple your cost to £300 per cycle.
£300 to produce 85oz, food for thought.
KS
