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<div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">People spend about that a month for haircuts and I'm sure on beer.</div><div><br></div>
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On Wednesday, July 21, 2021, 10:34:01 AM EDT, Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss <plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote:
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<div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Hi,<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">I just read this quote about the electrical costs to run a web server <br></div><div dir="ltr">from home:<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Cost: While it may sound cheaper to use that computer lying around doing <br></div><div dir="ltr">nothing when creating your web server, when you factor in the cost of <br></div><div dir="ltr">powering an old computer 24 hours a day, it can get very expensive. A <br></div><div dir="ltr">250W desktop computer running 24 hours per day at 12 cents per KW/h is a <br></div><div dir="ltr">whopping $262.00 per year!<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">---<br></div><div dir="ltr">I think their math is wrong.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">The average residential electricity rate in Chandler is 10.85ยข/kWh.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">I'm thinking a low traffic PHP web server running on an old Dell with a <br></div><div dir="ltr">400 watt power supply is not using but maybe 100 watts on average. I've <br></div><div dir="ltr">read that the computer should use no more than half the power supply <br></div><div dir="ltr">capacity. Is this correct?<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">If my home web server is using 100 watts an hour that mean 100 watts * <br></div><div dir="ltr">30 days * 24 hours or 72K watts.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">I'm thinking 72 * .1085 = $7.81 a month.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Any thoughts are much appreciated.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">---------------------------------------------------<br></div><div dir="ltr">PLUG-discuss mailing list - <a ymailto="mailto:PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org" href="mailto:PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org">PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org</a><br></div><div dir="ltr">To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings:<br></div><div dir="ltr"><a href="https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss" target="_blank">https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss</a></div></div>
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