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CaliforniaKid's Dark Harvest Grow Challenge

Ouch !

Got a BIG electric bill !

The ac is killing me! Looks like I will be another winter grower. Maybe a led summer grow without ac for fun.
Still cheaper than buying 👍
 
Lol I'm running 3000 watts of hids ac and whatever else is running... I still think it outweighs buying. For 3 1000watt lights that run 20/4 and 18/6 it was an extra $100 this month. I would have spent 200 between the wife and I so having a perpetual harvest is something I should focus on 😆.
 
Chefbjy
Before the upgrades, when just led, exhaust, and 2 fan we hardly noticed a difference. Maybe 20-30 a month. Now its upgraded to 600w hps, same exhaust, ac, and one fan....up $350. Hottest month of the summer mind you, but dayum!
 
Someone had told me if I run 240 instead of 110 it will bring it down. The guy I'm getting my equipment from was running 8 lights on 110v with extremely high power bills. Said he got the helios 8 and ran 240v and his power bill went down by $300+. I don't think he would bullshit me 😆.
 
What are the walls made of for the grow area? I know one is the garage wall, which is insulated. Maybe you could insulate the other walls and door. Might save you a little.
A portable ac unit is what sparked my room, that and 4 HIDs running at once. The wife was like, FIX THIS! 🤣
 
If it were just me I wouldn't worry about the bill. But I'm cutting in to household funds and that doesn't sit well with me. So I must get more efficient without spending money like I have it. 🤣

Not to mention the air conditioner is not using conditioned air for the condenser, but some conditioned air is bleeding into the exhaust. Blowing stink into my backyard. Not that big of a deal, but not low key either.
That will have to be for now. Small inline cheapy fan to push/pull ac exhaust through a carbon filter in the future.

Vented hood and bigger fan, 6" maybe 8", along with foam board, likely 2", to insulate. That along with winter should allow the ac to be dialed back considerably.
 
Enough bitching from me ! Less than 4 days from the last picture ....
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The 2 on the right are DGTH, the one with the one with the thermometer readout in the pot with it is the final pot seedling. Who says planting directly in final home stunts vigor? Maybe that comes later? 😃
 
Looking great , I agree with you its hard to cover these bills I think I will shut down in spring next year to avoid all the issues I had this year
 
RosettaStoned
Dude I got that bulb from a guy closing his grow shop. He sold it to me at cost. I used it for heat last winter, worked great. Seedlings love it, as you can see. I'll keep it going until the flip.
 
I was just thinking the same thing when I put the hps in. I'm going to have to tie the dgth I fimed down to stay even with her sisters. Totally different pheno then the other 2 and the only one expressing more verticle growth. She's going to be a fun one to train 😉.
 
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