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[–] TheIlluminate1992@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Heh. ~275W at $0.11/kWh. I'm at about $24/month. But that's network and server combined. Server only uses about 125W.

[–] kY2iB3yH0mN8wI2h@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

my apartment recently had some renovations done and the worker today asked my if my electric bill was high.. yea .. kind of.. I replied.

. "well your apartment was much warmer compared to all your neighbours..." go figure.

[–] cdnsniper827@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

About 2200kWh/year for $165 CAD ($122 USD).

  • R730XD with 12 hard drives and 2 SAS SSDs running unRAID
  • 3 node Proxmox cluster built with HP prodesks (i3-7100t, i5-7500t and i5-8500)
  • pfSense firewall running on a minipc with an N5105
  • Unifi US8-60W powering 3 APs and an ip camera
[–] Xevailo@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

According to my calibrated Tasmota plug, mine is guzzling about 160 Watt every hour, with energy costs sitting at (iirc) 0,38€/kWh. I really gotta take the time and track down who the worst offenders are some day....

[–] termlimit@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

May I ask how you are able to calculate this? Thank you!

[–] toolschism@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

I don't want to play this game...

[–] reignofterr0r@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago
[–] Behrooz0@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

~4 Amps @220V last reading on the stabilizer.
Costs around 15~20 USD/month.

[–] ThreeLeggedChimp@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Do you have any base fees in your bill?

[–] __420_@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Running 5 dell r730XD with a ton of networking gear and ip cameras, I'm pulling about 5000 watts or 120kwh a day. Roughly $600 a month in power. YIIIPPEEEEEE

[–] nfxprime2kx@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

I don't know off the top of my head. I do know that when I commissioned my new setup, my electric bill went up about $15 a month.

I love that dash board though and would love to know more about it.

[–] Anonymo123@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

I think I'm about $20-$25US a month for my "homelab" stuff. I am pairing it down quite a bit from the past due to electricity costs. Ours in Colorado\US is .12¢ per hour off peak (7pm-1pm, .15¢ from 1-3pm and .19¢ from 3-7pm. I've moved to PI's or NUCs for anything I need on outside of my usual compute stuff.

No solar yet, but will have a setup once I move to the next place.

[–] Hatrez@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

50W - $3 a month

~$0.08 per kW

That’s damn cheap. I am sitting at ~15W for 0.33€ per kW

[–] incredulousgeek@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Ok.. this may be a dumb question, but what software is OP running to create those graphs?

[–] No_Dragonfruit_5882@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

About 3000W ~ 400 Euros a Month in Germany.

~0.2€/KwH Day

~0.15€KwH Night

[–] Ke5han@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Approx 190W 24/7 and that's CAD $14 per month.

[–] nikkytor@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Instead of sharing power usage, share the equipment you're using to lower Watt usage.

[–] IMI4tth3w@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

257kWh this month, or about $30 of electricity where I live.

This includes my entire server rack so not just specifically my server costs.

[–] MrBigOBX@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

3 UPS's read 350ish Watt all day 24/7/365 and thats just from my main rack

Add another 400 watts for my proxmox cluster (5 node one being an ML360g6 for 200watts)

And then another 150ish watts for my computer desk with 2 laptops and 6 monitors

Did i say i live in an apt and DONT pay for electric :)

[–] ModerateBiscuit@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

130w average usage for me. Works out at roughly £28/month (damn UK energy prices).

That 130w includes the server, switches and waps.

[–] pdt9876@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Mine is about 600w and is mostly powered by solar but if it weren’t would cost me $13 at USD0.03/kwh

[–] mapnet@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

About 250w. Cost of power on average 5 cents (€) per kWh. Often much lower than that. Last week it was negative. Don’t really care about the cost of electricity. 🇫🇮

[–] Kitchen_Part_882@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Getting my info from HWMonitor as I can't find a better option without buying a hardware solution.

CPU: around 15W DRAM: around 10W GPU: around 60W if I'm reading that bit right...

Total (and adding a bit for other components and PSU efficiency losses): around 115W

Over a (30 day) month that would be 82.8kWh or £26 a month (actually a bit less than this as I'm on an economy 7 tariff which halves the costs per kWh overnight, I went with worst case as the server uses more energy during the weekend days).

Would be interesting to boot up the old server and check use there, willing to bet a dual Xeon X5670 machine with spinning rust for storage would be far higher than the current Xeon E5 2690 v4 with M.2s in there (a quick Google search indicates 174W for a machine with less hardware than my old server, at idle)

[–] Jclj2005@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Ha mine is 10x that

[–] firedrakes@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

oddly 48 port 1gb switch was eating more power then thread ripper builds(2 of them)

i went to a fanless netgear 24 port switch for 25 bucks.

was 30 extra on top of Normal bill.

this will cut bill down by 20 alone.

[–] do-wr-mem@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Old PoE switch? I have some 3750s that don't see regular action because they're loud, hot, and powerhungry

[–] eplejuz@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

What software is this? Thanks!

[–] weredev@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

What are you using to view and chart your power usage?

[–] SirLagz@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

About 300W, ~7kWh a day, costs me about $80 AUD a month.

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