Power Consumption

[James Knott]

Francois Ouellette wrote:
>>----- Original Message ----- 
>>From: Ansar Mohammed
>>To: tlug-lxSQFCZeNF4 at public.gmane.org
>>Sent: Sunday, 14 August, 2005 19:55
>>Subject: [TLUG]: Power Consumption
>>
>>Hello All,
>>Many of us here have more than one computer at home. Some of us I believe
> have as maybe a small network. I was wondering how >does everyone deal with
> the impact on your hydro bill?
>>One of my hopes as I came to Canada was to have my own little server farm
> in my basement. (I am a retro computing guy so I really am >not interested
> in new stuff) Now everyone I meet is warning me about the impact on my power
> bill.
> 
> 
> It definitely costs something!
> 
> Looking at the added wattage of everything I have at home (2 desktops with
> tube monitors, 1 laptop, router, printers, etc) it easily adds up to over
> 2500 watts when many things are in use at the same time. This costs easily a
> few dollars every day.
> 
> I guess you can check the labels on your equipment and figure out how much
> power each will typically consume.
> At 4.3 cents per kW-hour you can easily figure out how much your equipment
> costs per day.

That will determine the maximum they're likely to draw.  Also, many
devices are rated in volt amps, not watts, and not so easy (without
knowing power factor) to convert into actual watts that you're paying for.

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