so im a nube grower and jus in the past two months my electric bill has gone up almost 150 im jus wondering if ishould be worried i have no problem payin off the damn rents the money its just i was told a 400 watt wasnt gonna make that much diffrenece any ideas how to lower it or ne thing like that welcome!
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electricity billl
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Tr33
150...nothing, norm a 400 watt wil raise your bill by 50 at most, depends where you live, check your elec company usage cost, or you are using more than you think, fans ac tv HOUSE LIGHTS etc.
whiskey3211
Member
If you are in Cali Welcom to PG&E, I have a Gas stove,gas hotwater heater, and run the air all the time with 3 600W lamps two fans and one pump and my bill is almost $700 month.
Cali has insane power costs. I pay $0.46 per kWh for my grow. Just insane.
Oregongrow
Member
my 400 raised my bill $100 and I have cheap electric. lots of fans, t8's, air pumps, guess they add too.
bobman
Member
Saw this thought I would comment. Always be ready with an excuse. I thank god I never answer my phone if I do not know the number. Well I had a power bill go from nothing to about 150 and the power company called. I shit my pants. I called them back and told them nobody had been living there and I just converted from gas to electric and they could have cared less. They primary concern was that there was a malfunction and something was using way more power than it should and it could be a fire hazard. This was 3 years ago.
Shotgun321
Member
Your electricity provider is a business. They aren't going to call the cops and say "hey this guy is giving us too much money!"
Grow a less paranoia-inducing strain
Grow a less paranoia-inducing strain
Just pay on time .My bill is around $2000and its been that way for a decade ,power co never asked any questions .
flyer
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$2000 for each billing cycle?? holy shit.. how many lights you running in there?
i always think that if its a bigger house, like 5+ rooms, you can run more and the elec company would understands.
but if your in like a 2 br place, and your bill is $2000, it would raise a flag.
dunno.. seems like everyone is saying just pay your bills and you be fine.
10 ,1000s for flower ,central air,scrubber intake and exhaust fans 1000w for veg and some floros for mothers and cloning . And Im in a very big house on a large property in the cut
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rick shaw
Electricity rates climb after you use the base amount.Tell them there are 2-3 more people living there and your base amount will rise.You can also request low income/senior rates.You can do this over the phone in less then five minutes.
Some good excuses are:
You've taken up making pottery and you have an electric kiln
You just had electric floor heating installed
You've got a new heat pump for winter heating
You've made a small welding shop
One thing you can do to cut down on power is make sure the rest of your house is energy efficient ie. Replace any incandecent bulbs with CFL's. Try to use your oven as little as possible... Learn how to BBQ everything. Hang dry your laundry, etc.
You've taken up making pottery and you have an electric kiln
You just had electric floor heating installed
You've got a new heat pump for winter heating
You've made a small welding shop
One thing you can do to cut down on power is make sure the rest of your house is energy efficient ie. Replace any incandecent bulbs with CFL's. Try to use your oven as little as possible... Learn how to BBQ everything. Hang dry your laundry, etc.
man your prices out west are insane! I think my rate is something like .07kwh
salt water aquarium. massive watts tossed towards lighting and a 12 hour time schedule with that hobby is not at all uncommon.
