11 Mar
2010
11 Mar
'10
9:54 p.m.
Brian Lanning wrote:
There reason I'm asking about power consumption is
related to the
hydroponics thing I asked about the other day. I've been shutting off
computers lately to save power. And I was thinking about ways to have a
computer control the hydroponics. Unfortunately, it looks like the lighting
will be really expensive. You need 30 to 50 watts of light per square foot
of plant crown. That makes it between 480 and 800 watts for a 4'x4' area.
Just grow marijuana. The return on your investment makes it easy to
justify using all the power on the lights.
I found it interesting that power companies report potentially violators
to the police because their power usage patterns aren't typical --
especially overnight.
Keith