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Power Consumption?

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bluestrobe

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I have the following rigs running as of last night:

AMD XP 3000+/1GB (My computer)
P4 2.66ghz/512mb (G/F's computer)
AMD 1.33ghz/512mb (FTP Server)
AMD 1.1ghz/768mb (Family computer)
Celeron 700mhz/768mb (Cruncher Only)
Celeron 600mhz/128mb (Cruncher Only)
P3 550mhz/160mb (Cruncher Only)

All computers run F@H at the current time and I was curious on how much power they actually use. The top 3 computers see alot of use and the rest crunch most of their lives. These are left on 24/7 at the current time. How much cost an average person to run in a given month? Is there a norm or an average household item I can compare them to for future references or cost projections? Thanks!
 
Well ...

First I need to know who your power provider is (where you live).

Second, I need to know if you heat with electricity or other. Your electric rate is dependent on what kind of customer you are.

Third, I need to know if you AC or HP.

Finally, what is your average consumption (total bill) in KWH so that I can determine what your position is within the rate structure for your utility.

Let me give you an example:

Here in Missouri, we pay bonus rates in the summertime for power consumption above a certain KWH if we AC but we pay far less in winter if we heat with something other than Electricity. The bottom line is that my hordes cost less in the Winter than in the Summer.

Additionally, if I go above some hideous amount of KWH, the rate for all KWH gets cheaper so it actually is less expensive to use more electricity (to a point) rather than less in the Summer once I use a certain amount.

One gets a much cheaper rate for a Heat Pump than an AC unit even if you use AC rather than the HP unit.

Ahh ... the vagaries of utility rates and such.

mondo
 
Or maybe, an 'average' computer, without the monitor, chews up about the same power as a 60 watt light bulb.
 
By far the cheapest and in my opinion the best way to do this is to go to the Power Co. and borrow a portable wattmeter. it is just a meter like on the outside of your house with a socket and a plug on it. You just plug the appliance into it for 24 hours and the chart that they will give you with it will tell you how much it cost to run the appliance for a day. You can check all your stuff, deepfreezes take a bunch.

Bleep
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We've had these discussions many times. 🙂

Here are some links:

Power Consumption 1

Power Consumption 2

Power Consumption 3
 
Originally posted by: bluestrobe
I have the following rigs running as of last night:

AMD XP 3000+/1GB (My computer)
P4 2.66ghz/512mb (G/F's computer)
AMD 1.33ghz/512mb (FTP Server)
AMD 1.1ghz/768mb (Family computer)
Celeron 700mhz/768mb (Cruncher Only)
Celeron 600mhz/128mb (Cruncher Only)
P3 550mhz/160mb (Cruncher Only)

All computers run F@H at the current time and I was curious on how much power they actually use. The top 3 computers see alot of use and the rest crunch most of their lives. These are left on 24/7 at the current time. How much cost an average person to run in a given month? Is there a norm or an average household item I can compare them to for future references or cost projections? Thanks!
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Biggest power user of your bunch is the AMD XP 3000

Without running a DC program 121 watts, running a DC program 150 watts.
 
Here are some links:

Power Consumption 1

Power Consumption 2

Power Consumption 3
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Thanks for the links, I did a search but didn't have luck finding them. I was tired when I posted the message and mainly wanted an equivalent to what a crunching computer sucks, such as a light bulb. I was mainly worried about the actual boxes running as only 2 monitors are used extensively and the other 2 see little to no use and are in standby 98% of the time.

 
I know they use more than you might think.

when my electric bill hit $185.00 the Folding farm of 19 rigs had to go.
down to 6 rigs now, my production is about 1/2 of what it was before, but the newer A64 rigs do much better per comp thank the old socket A machines did.
 
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