I think your municipal electricity bill is a matter of public record.
High electricity bills are a potential sign someone is running a growhouse (that and they can to thermal readings of the house). Idk how exactly it works but if a building has usually high energy usage for it’s zoned purpose it can potentially lead to police investigation.
I would have to do some math over it, new top of the line solar modules can have an output of like 600ish watts. The real PITA would be battery storage and maintaining power during extended periods of low insolation. Regardless, a home grow for personal consumption is already pretty much undetectable even without the solar panels. A good LED grow light will be like in the low hundreds of watts, so it’s like having a few extra incandescent bulbs turned on. Negligible power draw.
And this is why if I was still stuck in a totally-illegal state, I’d still run the risk of just growing under the sun. Grass is a weed, it’ll grow hardy damn near anywhere with enough sun and water. Course, I taught myself to not be bougie about my grass; I’ll smoke reggie if it’s all that’s around. Not preferred, and the way I handle my soil p much means my shit never comes out reggie; but I’m not finna turn my nose up if one season my soil failed me.
“Why no, I had no idea that the fenced-in vacant lot next door had become a Pandora of kush plants. I wonder what clever and handsome individual put them there.”
Why is the eletric company sending reports to the pigs or why are the pigs allowed to sift throgh your electric bill?
I think your municipal electricity bill is a matter of public record.
High electricity bills are a potential sign someone is running a growhouse (that and they can to thermal readings of the house). Idk how exactly it works but if a building has usually high energy usage for it’s zoned purpose it can potentially lead to police investigation.
More modern grow lights are LED, so the thermal signature thing is kinda null and void.
Don’t they use less power, too? I’m wondering if some leds and a solar panel could totally erase the heat and energy signatures of a small indoor grow
I would have to do some math over it, new top of the line solar modules can have an output of like 600ish watts. The real PITA would be battery storage and maintaining power during extended periods of low insolation. Regardless, a home grow for personal consumption is already pretty much undetectable even without the solar panels. A good LED grow light will be like in the low hundreds of watts, so it’s like having a few extra incandescent bulbs turned on. Negligible power draw.
The other thing is that the 500 watt LED light will eventually end up as heat, so if you’re growing indoors it’ll just look like heating usage.
And this is why if I was still stuck in a totally-illegal state, I’d still run the risk of just growing under the sun. Grass is a weed, it’ll grow hardy damn near anywhere with enough sun and water. Course, I taught myself to not be bougie about my grass; I’ll smoke reggie if it’s all that’s around. Not preferred, and the way I handle my soil p much means my shit never comes out reggie; but I’m not finna turn my nose up if one season my soil failed me.
“Why no, I had no idea that the fenced-in vacant lot next door had become a Pandora of kush plants. I wonder what clever and handsome individual put them there.”