Lighting Electricity Rates

[Mañ'O'Green]

Switched to a swamp cooler (dry climate here) from 3 window A/C's and our electric bill dropped $100/month. Not sure if it would work in your climate, but man did that make a difference for us. Bought an oversized cooler, twice the square footage of my house, and runs on low on all day and I get so cold I have to put on a jacket when it's 105 F outside.

I run a swamp cooler 99% of the summer. it saves me about $300 per month over the AC. In fact I just turned the AC on for the first time this year yesterday because the smoke from the fires was so bad I could actually see it and smell it in the house.

I want to figure out how to wire up solar panels to just run my house lights from (we run all LED bulbs in all fixtures, just thought it would be nice to always have light.)

Uhmm you planning a battery in the system?

 

[Son of Hobbes]

I was gonna setup solar here, but I will wait till we move to Nevada... I haven't really seen what the laws are for solar there, but the grow laws are decent 6per person or max of 12 per house-hold

We can have a max of 12 here in a household; my neighbor has almost 30 on his card so we might look at switching cannabis doctors for the referrals (it's super fucked up how it works man, you'd think legalization would have been a thought out process, but NOPE, money money money money money is the name of the game.)
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[Son of Hobbes]

Uhmm you planning a battery in the system?

…. maybe.

 

[Unique]

We can have a max of 12 here in a household; my neighbor has almost 30 on his card so we might look at switching cannabis doctors for the referrals (it's super fucked up how it works man, you'd think legalization would have been a thought out process, but NOPE, money money money money money is the name of the game.)
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I'm hoping once I move out the Nevada in 2019 I hope, I would like be able help some vets & other's that simply can't grow for what-ever reason... I noticed that compassionate care thing on here....I know little off subject-- I'll be able to do much more testing then I can now,so that will mean much more stock....

 

[pop22]

our summers have become very humid, last week average was 84%RH! no swamp coolers here lol!

Switched to a swamp cooler (dry climate here) from 3 window A/C's and our electric bill dropped $100/month. Not sure if it would work in your climate, but man did that make a difference for us. Bought an oversized cooler, twice the square footage of my house, and runs on low on all day and I get so cold I have to put on a jacket when it's 105 F outside.

 

[pop22]

would be tricky in a house already wired as lights are rarely wireds to a separate circuit. However you can power just a circuit or 2, choosing those with moderate power draw. picking the right inverter is key. I've designed and installed my own solar power to a home I once owned. Its not really too hard and there are lots of system design programs available.

I want to figure out how to wire up solar panels to just run my house lights from (we run all LED bulbs in all fixtures, just thought it would be nice to always have light.)

 

[MickJ]

In the UK I'm paying 20c a kWh on a 2 year fixed rate contract. No a/c or cooling so costs $100 a month including my grow space, but I only have 500w draw on that when everything is running.

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[SHRED]

In the UK I'm paying 20c a kWh on a 2 year fixed rate contract. No a/c or cooling so costs $100 a month including my grow space, but I only have 500w draw on that when everything is running.

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My tent draws 400W total. 315LEC, 6" Hyper-Fan for exhaust, and two little fans to push air around in the tent.
Still my bill goes up nearly $180 per month over normal.

 

[SHRED]

I came up with $288.36 at the new rate.

Check that. It's more like $324.

 

[Hypathetical Gardener]

$0.08757 (a lil over 8 cents/kwh) here with an electric management co-op. My elec bill last month was $250. In "transition" from winter to spring to summer, it went from 50 to 100 to 200+.

Think on it:
Does knowledge have intrinsic value or does it need to have a practical use to have value?