electricity cost of lights

Discussion in 'Growing Marijuana Indoors' started by smokymcp0t, Jan 16, 2013.

  1. Hey does anyone know about how much a 1000 watt light costs per month running 24/7? Or know how I can do the calculations?
     
  2. Search on the forum, there was a thread just yesterday about this. Someone posted a list for an electricity cost calculator.
     
  3. My bill increased 100$ with 1600 watts of light plus 2 fans at 18/6
     
  4. how much are you charged per kilowatt? mutiply that by ammount of time youll be running your light times number of days a month. now you have your cost.
     
  5. Well simple math can help you figure this one put.

    1000w = 1kW

    (My rate is .10 per kWh)

    So you're running 24/7 for some ungodly reason (why not 18/6?).

    Thats 24kwh a day.

    24 x .10 = $2.40 a day for the light.

    Add in another $1 or so a day for your fans and what not.

    So about $3.50 a day = $105 a month extra on top of your current bill.
     
  6. It would save your 25 $ on 18/6. But you could start 24/0 then move to 18/6. When I plugged in my 1000 instead of 600 I went down to 16/8. Before switching to flower I was down to 14/10. It controlled stretch a lot. And I have pistols like crazy 9 days into flower.
     

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