Bahahahaha that's 5.4 cents! You should have a basement so full of light you need a welders mask just to go in there.
I have to work Biz up to that... slowly. Next light and tent is his idea, so we're getting closer.
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Bahahahaha that's 5.4 cents! You should have a basement so full of light you need a welders mask just to go in there.
Here it is 10.5cents/kWh. What is it in your neck of the woods Capn? And thank you today I finally am feeling better! Coughing up gobs of phlegm haha.
Well, its 7.5 cents primetime but I run 9p to 845a so I save a penny a hour.
Cheers
13.75cents/kwh.
When setting up the shed, I ran 8/2 uf overhead for now, 100ft from my main panel in home out to a new sub panel in shed with 12 available breaker slots if using 110/single pole breakers. I wired it so each tent has 2 each, 20 amp breakers with 20amp outlets up high on each side of tent. I went ahead and added other 20 amp outlets as well as and still not sure on my veg setup so debating where to put a few more outlets. I also installed a 110 20 amp outlet dedicated for a window unit, and a 20 amp 220 breaker and outlet for a A/C with heat pump unit down the road. I have 2 breaker slots left and will get power out to a barn just for lights from that with one and once I can get a bench in the shed built will add the last outlet there. It was really easy as it was pre insulation and walls, still no walls, but soon come. In running a 400 watt MH for veg 18/6, a 1k HPS and 600 watt HPS 12/12, along with the fans and such (heat was propane for the winter) my bill, shot up $200, I had figured $150 +/-. I've never been home for years but the kid and nephews and such use it as a hunting/fishing camp when I was gone. Now they are all out of college finding out about life and as I'm home for the first time with a regular bill I don't fret the power company saying anything in this rural area. I have gotten away from the 400 watt for veg and gone to a 4 bulb 2 foot by 4 foot T8 and plan to add another of those, seems to be working very well.
Anywho, glad your feeling better and coming round Shiggity, when I get that kinda sick (rare) it seems to last all winter
Thanks for the rundown capn! Yeah I am running a 600hps for veg and would like to change it out. I am thinking of getting three or four of those Marshydro 130watt lights as they are still cheap and available on the bay. Or I may go with some fluors. But summer is on its way so I need to make some adjustments! I'm basement located so that helps with cooling but I need to think about an AC u it for the summer months. My basement windows are all the 1 foot high by two foot wide type set into cement wells as my basement ceiling is flush with the ground on three sides. On one side the basement has walls open to the air for about 3 feet. So I am not sure how to go. I know they have those portable AC units that duct to the outside and I could use one of those but in the past I have bought one of those and found they created almost as much heat as they removed. A Mitsubishi type split AC is an option but a pretty expensive one.
Currently I think my best option with be to run six to eight of the LEDs and cut out the hps lights in the summer (2 600s in flower and one in veg).
If we end up deciding to live here for the next several years I have kind of a crazy idea. I would dig a hole near our creek which is 20 feet from the house and put a tiny tub with holes in the ground. The tub will fill with water from the creek. I would put a pump in the tub leading to a pipe going into the basement which will connect to a heat exchanger like a car radiator. Put a line from the heat exchanger back downstream into the creek. A fan blowing on the heat exchanger would act as an AC unit. All for the power of a pump and fan. I thought about doing one for our bedroom too.
Thanks for the rundown capn! Yeah I am running a 600hps for veg and would like to change it out. I am thinking of getting three or four of those Marshydro 130watt lights as they are still cheap and available on the bay. Or I may go with some fluors. But summer is on its way so I need to make some adjustments! I'm basement located so that helps with cooling but I need to think about an AC u it for the summer months. My basement windows are all the 1 foot high by two foot wide type set into cement wells as my basement ceiling is flush with the ground on three sides. On one side the basement has walls open to the air for about 3 feet. So I am not sure how to go. I know they have those portable AC units that duct to the outside and I could use one of those but in the past I have bought one of those and found they created almost as much heat as they removed. A Mitsubishi type split AC is an option but a pretty expensive one.
Currently I think my best option with be to run six to eight of the LEDs and cut out the hps lights in the summer (2 600s in flower and one in veg).
If we end up deciding to live here for the next several years I have kind of a crazy idea. I would dig a hole near our creek which is 20 feet from the house and put a tiny tub with holes in the ground. The tub will fill with water from the creek. I would put a pump in the tub leading to a pipe going into the basement which will connect to a heat exchanger like a car radiator. Put a line from the heat exchanger back downstream into the creek. A fan blowing on the heat exchanger would act as an AC unit. All for the power of a pump and fan. I thought about doing one for our bedroom too.
You must have quite a service panel. Our main panel is 200 amps. I could add a big breaker, but I think I'd still run into trouble at times. My easy fix is to use 230V for everything possible.
Just a 200amp panel Major, have a few slots left on it. If you take a 40 amp double throw breaker and plug it into your main (lots of people use a 30 amp), then you can run 8 qa or possibly 10ga wire (depending on distance) I'd recommend the 8 to a sub panel which are only $15-25 stateside and you can often find them with 3 to 6 - 20 amp breakers included at your box stores. If your room is in your house the cost is even less expensive as you don't need an underground rated wire. Lots of variables but as Shiggity points out pretty darn simple. Its nice to set up and have a dedicated 20 amp circuit with 20 amp outlets (tad more expensive than standard 15 amp outlets).
be happy to help any way I can.
Yo Shiggs
Reading this made me wonder if I can add a breaker to my panel which is located directly next to my tent (s).
Right now I am running on a 15 amp circuit. I would love to add an additional 20a in one of the blank slots in my panel. Can you point me to a resource where I can watch how it's done? Thx mane.
knowing basic electrical wiring, i did a similar project.The good news is I got everything installed, I had a nice spot for that 50amp breaker and ran 6/2 NM-R wire along the floor joists and mounted the light controller on the grow room ceiling. Now all mu lights are plugged into it and an additional accessory fan. All together my lights right now are about 19 amps in flower so I am good to go for a long while even with a few expansions. Maybe next winter I will run some 1000s.
And I must say, a non contact voltage detector is a man's best friend when going into a circuit panel!