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Thread: Heating grow on cost?
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01-12-2020, 11:15 PM #1
Heating grow on cost?
Has anyone ever worked out the cost to heat their grow on tank over the course of a winter? Obviously I realise there’s a 101 factors but looking for a rough example to go off.My tank is 450 litres and in a garage which isn’t insulated,tank at the minute isn’t insulated but I have some spare 50mm celotex which I will use to wrap/surround the tank.
Temp wise I’m not looking to go crazy probably 15 degrees ish maybe? Just enough to keep the feed going in really
I’ve got a temp controller already and would be running 2x300w aquarium heaters
Thanks in advance
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02-12-2020, 12:19 AM #2
What I would say is insulate everything, tank, filter, pipes worth an easy 3 degrees if not a bit more
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02-12-2020, 01:12 AM #3
600W worth of heaters for that is a bit overkill, but yea insulate, cover it especially if its 450 Litres you will find 225 litres of that on the ceiling in the morning
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02-12-2020, 07:51 AM #4
600 watts over 24 hrs will cost £2.67 ( based on average electrical cost) so that gives you a worse case costing
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02-12-2020, 08:22 AM #5
I have a 1300 litre grow on in a purpose built shed, it’s been held at 23.c for the past 2 months and is costing between 70p > £1 per day
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