Grow light vs Under-cabinet lighting: which costs more to run? (2026)
Estimates use U.S. average $0.180 $/kWh, typical wattage, and typical hours/day from our catalog. Adjust on each appliance page.
Grow light
- Typical watts
- 200 W
- Hours/day
- 8
- Monthly est.
- $8.63
- kWh/mo
- 48.0
Under-cabinet lighting
- Typical watts
- 40 W
- Hours/day
- 4
- Monthly est.
- $0.86
- kWh/mo
- 4.8
Grow light is estimated to cost more per month at typical use.