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Shadow@lemmy.ca 1 year agoLet’s do some math together!
- 5 lights rated at 42w each = 210w which I run for 10 hours a day, so we’re looking at 2100wh per day AKA 2.1kwh per day.
- 2.1 kwh * 30 = 63kwh per month.
- 63kwh * my residential rate of $0.0959 per kwh = $6 per month
Azzu@lemm.ee 1 year ago
Wowww the fuck, I pay 0.4523€ per kWh, so for me it would be 33.92€ which is ~36$. Roughly 2% of my income each month. Yeaah…
Shadow@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
Oof. Yeah I’d be seriously reevaluating my energy consumption at those prices.
Azzu@lemm.ee 1 year ago
Yeah I’m not “into” house plants that much, but I’ve been evaluating what to do because I’d love to have them. The problem I have is that I live in an apartment that only has windows on one side, and while it is enough light for general living, roughly 70% of the apartment is not suitable for most plants due to very low light.
Combined with me having a very random sleep pattern which I can’t really “fix”, I have to have the blinds down a lot to be able to sleep properly, making the situation even worse. So honestly I’m thinking of using plastic plants in the darker areas to have at least a bit of greenery there.