How much electricity does a WAN wireless use?

[techs]

There is a local internet provider that has set up wireless in my town. Landlords get 100.00 year to let them put an antenna on the roof and they get a free wireless account worth 5.00 per month.
The problem is they hooked it up to my electric line. So I am paying the bill.
I need to come up with some figure to tell my landlord so I can deduct it from my rent.
I live in the Northeast and have a moderate electric rate. My personal electric bill varies widely so I can't just compare last years to this years to see the difference.
So how much electricity would a Wireless G wan use, being on 24/7, and broadcasting about 3-4 blocks?

 

[dquan97]

how do u know that you're paying for their electricity?

 

[FoBoT]

the transmitter is probably 1-2 watts

so very little, much less than a small light bulb

just tell them you want a free account and you'll be getting a deal

 

[ElFenix]

time to buy a killawatt

 

[BrunoPuntzJones]

Well some quick Googling shows a Linksys WRT54G uses about 5.6 watts on average.

The lowest calculator I could find only goes down to 7 watts.

Assuming it's on 24/7 at 7 watts, it costs about $0.02 a month.

 

[jiggahertz]

Originally posted by: BrunoPuntzJones
Well some quick Googling shows a Linksys WRT54G uses about 5.6 watts on average.

The lowest calculator I could find only goes down to 7 watts.

Assuming it's on 24/7 at 7 watts, it costs about $0.02 a month.

Ask your landlord for .02 cents per month and update us on the results.

 

[FoBoT]

is that .02 dollars or .02 cents

can you write a check for that much?

 

[crypticlogin]

Originally posted by: BrunoPuntzJones
Well some quick Googling shows a Linksys WRT54G uses about 5.6 watts on average.

Yeah, but a WRT54G isn't a WAN. :roll:

Kill-a-watt the sucker.

 

[tfinch2]

Originally posted by: jiggahertz

Originally posted by: BrunoPuntzJones
Well some quick Googling shows a Linksys WRT54G uses about 5.6 watts on average.

The lowest calculator I could find only goes down to 7 watts.

Assuming it's on 24/7 at 7 watts, it costs about $0.02 a month.

Ask your landlord for .02 cents per month and update us on the results.

Hopefully his landlord will write him a check like this:

http://pics.bbzzdd.com/users/citrix/checkpic.JPG

 

[Jawo]

Originally posted by: tfinch2

Originally posted by: jiggahertz

Originally posted by: BrunoPuntzJones
Well some quick Googling shows a Linksys WRT54G uses about 5.6 watts on average.

The lowest calculator I could find only goes down to 7 watts.

Assuming it's on 24/7 at 7 watts, it costs about $0.02 a month.

Ask your landlord for .02 cents per month and update us on the results.

Hopefully his landlord will write him a check like this:

http://pics.bbzzdd.com/users/citrix/checkpic.JPG

ha ha ha...thats great!

 

[Vette73]

Just turn all your power off at the breaker when you leave. They will get the idea.

 

[thehstrybean]

Originally posted by: ElFenix
time to buy a killawatt

Jiggawatt > killawatt!!

 

[Evadman]

At 7 watts you would be looking at 7*24*365 = 61,320 watt/hours or 61.3 KWH (61320/1000) per year. The highest in The US is currently 14.31 cents per KWH. So your yearly increase at 7 watts would be 14.31 * 61.3 = 877.203 cents, or $8.77

BrunoPuntzJones needs to check his calculator. Nowhere in the US is the yearly cost 24 cents. That would be 0.39 cents (1/3 of a cent) per KWH. You are off by a factor of 12, even for the lowest cost in the country.

 

[doze]

If the free account is worth $5 then ask the landlord to deduct $5 from the rent or give you the account.

 

[Kelemvor]

Does it plug into a standard outlet? If so, get a Kill A Watt and measure it.

 

[FoBoT]

buying a kill a watt meter will cost more than ten years of the electricity it uses :roll:

 

[Evadman]

Originally posted by: FoBoT
buying a kill a watt meter will cost more than ten years of the electricity it uses :roll:

Depends on where he lives. they are only $30.

 

[BrunoPuntzJones]

Originally posted by: Evadman
At 7 watts you would be looking at 7*24*365 = 61,320 watt/hours or 61.3 KWH (61320/1000) per year. The highest in The US is currently 14.31 cents per KWH. So your yearly increase at 7 watts would be 14.31 * 61.3 = 877.203 cents, or $8.77

BrunoPuntzJones needs to check his calculator. Nowhere in the US is the yearly cost 24 cents. That would be 0.39 cents (1/3 of a cent) per KWH. You are off by a factor of 12, even for the lowest cost in the country.

I didn't calculate it myself, used one of them from here

That wasn't the one I found earlier. This one shows about $7, much closer to what you get. Guy would have some balls to deduct $0.75 from his rent check each month

 

[Evadman]

That's why I said you need to check your calculator, not that you can't do multiplication

 

[chambersc]

Originally posted by: Marlin1975
Just turn all your power off at the breaker when you leave. They will get the idea.

this is a '****** GENIUS idea!

 

[ultimatebob]

Originally posted by: Evadman
At 7 watts you would be looking at 7*24*365 = 61,320 watt/hours or 61.3 KWH (61320/1000) per year. The highest in The US is currently 14.31 cents per KWH. So your yearly increase at 7 watts would be 14.31 * 61.3 = 877.203 cents, or $8.77

BrunoPuntzJones needs to check his calculator. Nowhere in the US is the yearly cost 24 cents. That would be 0.39 cents (1/3 of a cent) per KWH. You are off by a factor of 12, even for the lowest cost in the country.

I wish that was only paying 14 cents per kWH right now! CL&P just raised my rates to 17.8! As this point, I think that only Hawaii is paying more

 

[PottedMeat]

Is this a 802.11a/b/g network? Or is this a real ISP with their own transceiver equipment where the subscribers purchase their own antennas/adapters/downconverters? The power consumption may be considerably more for non 802.11 equipment.
edit:
oops - nevermind you said G equip.

 

[KillerCharlie]

Originally posted by: FoBoT
is that .02 dollars or .02 cents

They're the same thing!

(does anyone remember that video?)

 

[txrandom]

Originally posted by: KillerCharlie

Originally posted by: FoBoT
is that .02 dollars or .02 cents

They're the same thing!

(does anyone remember that video?)

What video?

They really are the same thing...

 

[tasmanian]

Originally posted by: txrandom

Originally posted by: KillerCharlie

Originally posted by: FoBoT
is that .02 dollars or .02 cents

They're the same thing!

(does anyone remember that video?)

What video?

They really are the same thing...

How are they the same thing. You have 2/100th of a dollar which is 2 cents and 2/100th of a cent which is like... .002 cents or somting.