How many watts can I use without questions from Elec. Co.

[Subzer0]

I want to set up a cabinet grow thats 8 feet long and 3 feet wide. I want to use a 600w and a 400w hps inside the cabinet. Air circulation is good. Heat not a problem. The only thing is how much electricity will this box use and will it raise eyebrows from the power co. or the cops?

Subzer0 Reviewed by Subzer0 on 06-04-2005. How many watts can I use without questions from Elec. Co. I want to set up a cabinet grow thats 8 feet long and 3 feet wide. I want to use a 600w and a 400w hps inside the cabinet. Air circulation is good. Heat not a problem. The only thing is how much electricity will this box use and will it raise eyebrows from the power co. or the cops? Rating: 5

[ProjectEight]

how tall? might be over kill

How many rooms in your house?

1000w per room

So if you have 3 bdrms you could get away with 3000w to 4000w but what you need to figure out is what has been the avg elec. bill at that address. If you use 1000w for 3 years and all of a sudden it jumps and stays hight...

Should not have any issues, once you goto 12/12 in a month or 2 the electric will drop because you are using less than 18/6. Do you live in a house or apt? If a house, get a hot water heater timer. This will turn on the hot water heater when you want it to come on and not run all day, also get a hot water heater blanket to help keep it hot. This has saved me $30.00 a month and has equaled out with my 600w I was using. Get the picture?

[HARDDON]

I re-lamped the entire house in those 13W=42W CFL bulbs.

Costs a little more up front, but they last a long time and use a fraction of the juice of the incandescents.

Re-lamped everything. Now I go around turning off lights, saving juice etc...

1000W doesnt seem alot when you compare it to 10 100W light bulbs.

Just re-lamp your home and off set the usage with the CFL if you wanna be safe.

I figure I replaced about 20 bulbs @ 75W (1500W) with 20 bulbs @ 13W (260W)...

I saved quite a bit.

HAPPY LIGHT BULB CHANGING

[ProjectEight]

I re-lamped the entire house in those 13W=42W CFL bulbs.

Costs a little more up front, but they last a long time and use a fraction of the juice of the incandescents.

Re-lamped everything. Now I go around turning off lights, saving juice etc...

1000W doesnt seem alot when you compare it to 10 100W light bulbs.

Just re-lamp your home and off set the usage with the CFL if you wanna be safe.

I figure I replaced about 20 bulbs @ 75W (1500W) with 20 bulbs @ 13W (260W)...

I saved quite a bit.

HAPPY LIGHT BULB CHANGING

I forgot about that, Home Depot has 6 bulbs for like $9.00, they are 14w bulbs that put out 60w light. I did my house for around 27.00.

nOT THAT YOU HAVE 1500W OF LIGHTS RUNNING ALL THE TIME BUT it does help. Damn laptop, sorry for the caps.

[trippruss]

i've found that when i am deligent about turning off unused appliances & lights, it directly offsets my 1000w mh while in flower. in fact my elec. bill goes down a little. r

[gronnh20]

Pay the bill on time every time. They just want their money.

[ProjectEight]

Pay the bill on time every time. They just want their money.

True, I pay mine before it is due. Just don't give them a reason to look at your account.

Remember, a new computer, TV or whatever can use upto 500w.

may 04 2100w
june 2800w
july 2300w
aug 2350
sep 1896
oct 2660

I wasn't growing and it was still high.