Home Made Grow Lights

[Bigmallly]

Agree with vikki. Mine comes out at about 10/month and its a 60 watt bulb. Roughly the same

But vikkis is coming in @ 50p per month which is about right........I'm assuming you meant £10 per month red.

[vikkib]

Thanks everyone!

It was getting late^* and maths has never been my strongest point (Vikkimaths is a commonly used phrase at work, one which denotes utter failure!) so I thought I must have got it wrong!

Off to tell my friend the good news and to scout round the house for more spots I can fit grow lights!



^* edit: I just realised I made the post a 8:48pm... not even 9 o'clock... I'm switching my plea to senility...

[redser]

Hmm, yeah i meant 10 a month. Maths was never my strong point, but I think the general conclusion is that it's very very cheap so I'll put my stubby pencil away

[Bigmallly]

I reckon it'll be nearer £1 a month red.

[veggiechicken]

Is red talking Euros or pounds? (Just want to throw in some more confusion )

[redser]

Yip, Euros for me. Just did the math again. Tarrif is approx 16 cent per kwhr.
I have 2 60watt bulbs. That works out at 14 cent a day if I run them for 7 hours a day. That comes out at 4.20 a month. Happy days must get more bulbs!

[vikkib]

must get more bulbs!

We had a plumber/gas engineer round on Saturday to look at replacing our very old Baxi boiler... in preparation I had cleared out a very large cupboard which I thought might be a good spot for the new boiler... the plumber said it would be better sited in the kitchen...










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Guess who is eyeing up the large cupboard which has slatted shelves and imagining how many lights they can fit in there?!!

[redser]

Would it be Vikkib by any chance? Glad I had to go back and do those calculations again, it's a good deal cheaper than I thought!

[veggiechicken]

BTW I've given up on BluePeter Yes it worked fine, but it wasn't practical to abandon him for days at a time as the seedlings/light positions needed to be adjusted daily - and a timer can't do that. I may think about something a bit bigger and more permanent

[redser]

Well at least it proved it's potential. If you have the space I would suggest something like mine - a twin 5 foot long light. Gives you lots of space to line up a good few trays.

[vikkib]

Would it be Vikkib by any chance?

Hehehe!

[Potstubsdustbins]

Smile now, wait till you see the quotation for the new boiler, you may have to switch your lights off.

Potty

[Bigmallly]

Just wondered how your lights were doing. I've got mixed feelings mainly because I don't know what I'm doing or what to expect.

[Potstubsdustbins]

Looking OK BM very OK.

Potty

[Bigmallly]

Cheers Potty, time will tell I suppose.