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[Heads4]

What would the cost be per month of running 2 1000W HPS's and 1 400W MH????

Would this raise the red flag with the power companys? How much does your power usage have to spike for them to be curious as to whats going on?

If anyone has ever used those 3 bulbs input would be awesome

Thanks

[Heads4]

Lights only on 12 hrs. a day....

[latewood]

That's not that bad...I run that...about 80-100 a month...It's like running 5 computers all at once.

[BigBlock]

2400 watts x 12 hours = 28.8kwh per day = 864kwh per month
Electricity costs about 8-12 cents per KWH in the US, so it would cost between $69.12 and $103.68 per month. That is a pretty big spike, but could be explained by some high current appliance.


It's like running 5 computers all at once.

2400 watts is alot more than 5 computers.

[turtle420]

2400 watts is alot more than 5 computers.
Unless you're using an ENIAC...

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Do a search for "on-line calculators"... I'm not in my computer, but I'll post the links later... they calculate all that. ;)