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On 27/06/14 01:05, Daniel Frey wrote: |
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> On 06/26/2014 09:19 AM, Frank Steinmetzger wrote: |
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>> Gosh, power must be really cheap in your corner of the world (or is it just |
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>> stupidly expensive over here?) I wouldn’t call 150 W “only”, especially for |
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>> a 24/7 device. Or is that the maximum under load? |
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> Where I am power 7.52 cents per kWh. However, if you go over a certain |
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> amount per billing period (in my area it's 1376 kWh) the price increases |
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> to 11.2 cents per kWh for anything above that limit. |
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> In comparison to around the world, I know we are on the low end of power |
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> cost. |
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> When I build a PC, I don't even think anything about its power |
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> requirements. Lately though I've been going to smaller form factors for |
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> convenience, and due to this I can take advantage of better energy |
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> efficiency. When I shop for appliances, etc. I do consider the power |
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> consumption. I guess I'm strange that way. |
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> Dan |
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http://www.synergy.net.au/at_home/smartpower_sm1_tariff.xhtml |
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47.7c peak time - wish I could run a lead over to your place :) |
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I run ~16hrs a day and power down when I am asleep. Once power gets to |
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these levels you are forced to start rationalising. I use raspberry |
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pi's for some functions that need 24hr uptime (IP security camera image |
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storage etc.) and moved to a cisco router instead of my former (and |
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better) gentoo based firewall router. |
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