Exactly the ammo I was after. I will go off the 80-100 watts figure and use the cost for Logan (nr Brisbane, QLD, Australia).
Can't be too expensive after all :P On Sun, 20 Mar 2005 02:36:41 -0900, John Andersen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thursday 17 March 2005 05:59, Charles Choukalos wrote: > > Hi John, > > > > Actually I'm in Texas (makes Jersy look like Paradise) > > and during oh what 9 months out of the year its hotter > > then hells kitchen (brown and ugly too). When I lived > > in New England electricity was a lot more expensive > > but leaving on the computer provided a little heat in > > the house and maybe hit my electric bill by $10 a > > month or so... not too bad. Down here during the long > > ass hot desert period its about a $50 hit (most of > > that is cooling). Not to mention you rapidly realize > > just how much heat a computer throws off > > If the computer turned all the electricity it consumed > directly into heat it could do no more than a 350 watt > space heater. That is to say, very little. (most space > heaters are 2500 watts and up). > > A 350 watt power supply seldom draws more than 100 > watts because no one burns cdroms while recording floppy > drives and exercising the harddrive to the max on a box > with every slot filled and every card pulling the max. > Just does not happen. > > But lets assume for a moment that you really could > draw 350 watts on your Mythbox 24/7. > > (That box can't consume more than 350 watts. > fuze blows if it tries.) > > .350 kilowatts for 24 hours = 8.4 kilowatt hours > > times (plug in your number) $0.13 / kwh = $1.09 > per day maximum theoretical possible. > > Times 30 days = about $33 /month. > > But since most pc power supplies are running > at about 80 watts (measured by me) even > when working hard, AND rates in Texas tend to > be closer th 8cents than they are to 13cents > http://www.puc.state.tx.us/nrelease/2000/120700.cfm , > your bill for running the above average PC 24/7 > is likely to be .08kw x 24h x 30 days x 8cents = $4.60 / month > > I think you doth protest too much. ;-) > > -- > ______Jsa_________ > > > _______________________________________________ > mythtv-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users > > > -- GMAIL is 'da bomb baby....YEAH I have GMail invites, if you want one, email me direct. _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list [email protected] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
