Re: {OTish} Power consumption

["Matthew Miles" <m_miles@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

James - as always you are a star!  didn't realise the mini-itx boards=20
were THAT low powered!  Will definitely have to set up Asterisk using=20
one of those!

Cheers,

Matt

--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "James Hoye" <yahoo@j...> wrote:
> > I have never had a problem with leaving my PC's on 24/7 (the HA
> > system NEVER gets turned off [except for maintainance]).=20=20
However, I
> > was wondering how much this impacts on my leccy bill... I was
> > horrified to find that 100W of power costs 15.6p/hr!  That means
a
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> 1kWh typically costs around 7 - 8 pence depending on=20
supplier/tarrif.  So if
> you run a 1 kW load for one hour that costs say 7p.
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> 100W is going to be 0.1 x 7 or 0.7p per hour.
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> > 400W powerpack costs =A314 a day to run!  PLEEEASE tell me
that=20
this is
> > wrong! That was for 1 PC and I run at least 4 at all times=20
(including
> > some Compaq SCSI enclosures with 750W powerpacks!)
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> Don't forget that although a PSU may be RATED at 400W, that doesn't=20
mean it
> uses 400W.  It means it's capable of supplying 400W - so unless you=20
have a
> plethora of drives, PCI cards etc. you won't be near this figure.
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> This is one of the main reasons that I like the mini ITX boards so=20
much -
> the C3-800 processor consumes a measly 4W.  Whilst it isn't fast by=20
any
> standards, it's ideal for 24/7 servers in my environment - running=20
a few
> websites, FTP server, Asterisk etc.
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> James H