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Author: Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss
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To: greg zegan
CC: techlists, Main PLUG discussion list
Subject: Re: Electrical costs to run a home web server

I do not drink beer and I shave my head. I used to get a haircut every
other week for $20. Yikes that is $520 a year....

We rarely eat out since it might be $40 for my wife and I at your garden
variety Mexican restaurant.

Went to Panda Express yesterday and it was $24 and change for 2 people.
Too expensive for me.

We have gotten to the point we do not eat fast food either - once a
month maybe.

Side Note:

Panda was $18 before Covid. Went to 5 guys about 4 months ago and food
for 2 was over $30. Cheeseburgers.... Yikes. Not going back.

A lot of people are saying we are in a hyperinflation period. I lived
through the hyperinflation of the mid 70's until things calmed down in
the mid 80's. At one point mortgage rates were 19%... yes you read that
right.




On 2021-07-21 10:01, greg zegan wrote:
> People spend about that a month for haircuts and I'm sure on beer.
>
> On Wednesday, July 21, 2021, 10:34:01 AM EDT, Keith Smith via
> PLUG-discuss <> 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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