Cannabis with low electricity costs.

[harris7]

can i get something cleard up? is it the watt power that is important about the bulb or the lumens it emits, cus i have these energy savin bulbs that are only 15watts but they give off 900 lumens used to replace a 60 w bulb there just more exspensive then the average bulb

The lumens are important in knowing how much light you need for your space.

try to keep it above 5000 lumens per sq foot

Watts just let you know how much your grow is going to cost in power.

If you are going to have a largish grow 400+watts. try to go for MH and HPS they will be cheaper in power in the long run.

ALso, Disregard the "equivalent" wattage.

So your bulbs are 15W equivalent to 60W.
Forget the 60W, itâ??s just a marketing tool so that you know which bulbs to buy to replace what in your house. When telling people what your using, use the Actual power consumption

Here is a Thread I made regarding power consumption and the cops.
It may be of interest to the original poster
http://boards.cannabis.com/grow-loun...ops-how-2.html

harris7 Reviewed by harris7 on 04-11-2007. Cannabis with low electricity costs. Here's the problem. I can have one mother plant per adult, although.... we are not allowed to use air ventilation, lighting, ph meters, .... I'd like to grow my own buds, but I want to do it the right way! Our gouverment has caught a lot of growers through the high electricity bill. Is it possible to grow good smokable weed with a 100 watt lamp and what breed of weed will you suggest? I was thinking about Skunk #11.... If somebody just tell me how to go from A to Z I'd be very very Rating: 5