Electrical costs to run a home web server

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I agree with Brian.

On 7/21/21 10:38 AM, Brian Cluff via PLUG-discuss wrote:
> Get yourself a Raspberry pi 4, which should be more than powerful to 
> learn on,  they only use 3.4 watts which should amount to just 
> slightly more $2 per year, and when your done with your project you'll 
> have a Raspberry PI... then you can make an any number of awesome 
> things with it.  I must have a dozen of them around my house doing 
> various things to make my life better.
>
> Brian Cluff
>
> On 7/21/21 10:29 AM, Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss wrote:
>>
>> I think there might be some on this list that are struggling and that 
>> is why they are here - cheep old hardware that runs Linux well.
>>
>> I need to watch my dollars and sense....
>>
>> The reason for the question is I am building a home web PHP server... 
>> It is for learning.
>>
>> If it really cost $15 - $20 a month to run a server, then a $20 VPS 
>> at Digital Ocean becomes an option for the same cost and D.O. gives 
>> more.
>>
>> I think anyone running their own web server or whatever they may need 
>> is a great way to learn about the hardware and the software stack.
>>
>>
>>
>> On 2021-07-21 09:54, Michael via PLUG-discuss wrote:
>>> $262 a YEAR. If you can't afford $22 more a month you need a less
>>> expensive hobby.
>>> Don't go out to eat one less time a month. Go to the movies one less
>>> time a month. I'm sure you can figure out something else to do one
>>> less time a month.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 1
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Jul 21, 2021 at 10:34 AM Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss
>>> <plug-discuss at lists.phxlinux.org> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> I just read this quote about the electrical costs to run a web server
>>>> from home:
>>>>
>>>> Cost: While it may sound cheaper to use that computer lying around 
>>>> doing
>>>> nothing when creating your web server, when you factor in the cost of
>>>> powering an old computer 24 hours a day, it can get very expensive. A
>>>> 250W desktop computer running 24 hours per day at 12 cents per KW/h 
>>>> is a
>>>> whopping $262.00 per year!
>>>>
>>>> ---
>>>> I think their math is wrong.
>>>>
>>>> The average residential electricity rate in Chandler is 10.85¢/kWh.
>>>>
>>>> I'm thinking a low traffic PHP web server running on an old Dell 
>>>> with a
>>>> 400 watt power supply is not using but maybe 100 watts on average.  
>>>> I've
>>>> read that the computer should use no more than half the power supply
>>>> capacity.  Is this correct?
>>>>
>>>> If my home web server is using 100 watts an hour that mean 100 watts *
>>>> 30 days * 24 hours or 72K watts.
>>>>
>>>> I'm thinking 72 * .1085 = $7.81 a month.
>>>>
>>>> Any thoughts are much appreciated.
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