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How much ~ $$ in electricity would one 2.4ghz machine use in a month?
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I don't think it will consume 350W continuosly, so lets assume a continuos load of 250W.
250W x 4 hours = 1KW Hour
Right now in my neighborhood that's about 6 cents worth of electricity, YMMV.
24 hours in a day = 6KWH per day = 36 cents
30 days avg month = $10.80
Annual = $129.60
For me, x 4 computers = Annual est. cost of $518.40 (ouch)
:Q
Of course, this assumes a pretty heavy load that your machine probably isn't really using. It may be half that or less.
250W x 4 hours = 1KW Hour
Right now in my neighborhood that's about 6 cents worth of electricity, YMMV.
24 hours in a day = 6KWH per day = 36 cents
30 days avg month = $10.80
Annual = $129.60
For me, x 4 computers = Annual est. cost of $518.40 (ouch)
Of course, this assumes a pretty heavy load that your machine probably isn't really using. It may be half that or less.
Originally posted by: Wiz
I don't think it will consume 350W continuosly, so lets assume a continuos load of 250W.
250W x 4 hours = 1KW Hour
Right now in my neighborhood that's about 6 cents worth of electricity, YMMV.
24 hours in a day = 6KWH per day = 36 cents
30 days avg month = $10.80
Annual = $129.60
For me, x 4 computers = Annual est. cost of $518.40 (ouch):Q
Of course, this assumes a pretty heavy load that your machine probably isn't really using. It may be half that or less.
Do you know of any way to test how much the power supply is drawing, maybe via software?
Originally posted by: dxkj
Originally posted by: Wiz
I don't think it will consume 350W continuosly, so lets assume a continuos load of 250W.
250W x 4 hours = 1KW Hour
Right now in my neighborhood that's about 6 cents worth of electricity, YMMV.
24 hours in a day = 6KWH per day = 36 cents
30 days avg month = $10.80
Annual = $129.60
For me, x 4 computers = Annual est. cost of $518.40 (ouch):Q
Of course, this assumes a pretty heavy load that your machine probably isn't really using. It may be half that or less.
Do you know of any way to test how much the power supply is drawing, maybe via software?
You'll get a more precise reading if you use a Ampere meter (clamp on will do) and compute for wattage & cost. In Hawaii, there's a surcharge if you exceed a predetermined wattage consumption. I know I end up paying about $15/month per machine🙁
That's considering that if I didn't have the computers on 24/7, my electric bill is only about $90/month. With computers on 24/7, the bill is approx $200
ericlp
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Yeah... Power Sucks!!! Anyway to get a tax write off on computer equip and power?
Hmmm, maybe this should be a new thread? But now that I think about this... If we started a Non Profit organization we could all get a break for those spending more then 500 a year on power and equipment. And as most of us know that's not gonna be hard to do.
🙂
Church goes get write off's so why can't we?
Hmmm, maybe this should be a new thread? But now that I think about this... If we started a Non Profit organization we could all get a break for those spending more then 500 a year on power and equipment. And as most of us know that's not gonna be hard to do.
🙂
Church goes get write off's so why can't we?
Also if you have one of those fire hot AMD processors and inadaquate cooling it can raise the temperature in the room and increase the AC cost witch is more costly than running the pc itself. On the other hand they can be cheap heaters during the winter months. When I was running AMD machines my computer room was always 10 degrees warmer than the rest of the house. With my Intel box's it's only 5 degrees.
