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Well, I have 4 rigs crunching now and last month's power bill was over 540Kwh- before that it was 120Kwh. SETI is costing me too much- I am afraid I have to stop it.
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TC said:I'd be willing to bet your power company is changing rates on you. Plenty of them pull that during the summer months when they have to buy extra juice from other companies to meet demand. As far as computers go, I measured mine with a Fluke clamp on meter about a year ago. I found that a basic computer with one hard drive, one cdrom, etc was pulling about 175 watts under full load - so for a simple computer it really is about the same as 150 watt light.
LOL nope not that bad. If you figured power consumption like that I would have been using a TON more electricity than my records show. Look at the chart below. In March when my power consumption was at its lowest I was running 15 computers 24/7 at my home. If you figured power consumption like that my computers alone would be using more than all of that. I think it's just the rates varying in your area. If I can run 15 computers 24/7 and still have a power bill under $120...well you get the idea. Also look at my bill from June 2001, versus this month. Last June I had 3 computers running 24/7, and now I have 9, but my bill is only $9 more = less than $1 per month per PC. But whatever the case do what you need to. We'll be here when you're able to start crunching againparkan said:
Well, (175Wattsx24x31)/1000=130KWh
No?
TC said:LOL nope not that bad. If you figured power consumption like that I would have been using a TON more electricity than my records show. Look at the chart below. In March when my power consumption was at its lowest I was running 15 computers 24/7 at my home. If you figured power consumption like that my computers alone would be using more than all of that. I think it's just the rates varying in your area. If I can run 15 computers 24/7 and still have a power bill under $120...well you get the idea. But whatever the case do what you need to. We'll be here when you're able to start crunching again
TC said:I don't even see how your power consumption could be that low. I mean a fridge and a few light bulbs would use more than that in a month I would think, but I'm no expert. I guess you live in an apartment? I'm trying to remember what I paid when I last lived in an apartment. It was at least $200 a month in the summer, and I only had 1 computer running 24/7 back then. We're in a house now obviously, and it's about 2900 sq ft. I'm surprised my power bill is not 3 times what it was in an apartment. Cooling costs are hell when it's 95-100 every day with humidity in the 70-90% range.