This is after having tons of solar panels too LMAO
had the same. now I’m running more with less.
got rid of my commercial grade servers and implemented consumer grade hardware that requires less power.
I was running four whole dell R series for a total of around 5kw of power (four devices x 1kw psu + redundant).
now I’m running two consumer grade servers with newer for efficient tech and smaller non-redundant psus. it should be sitting right around 1.2kw.
the newer hardware can easily run what used to take a dedicated R series.
next is to consolidate all my network infra.
Yeah I had something similar when I had my 24U rack somewhat half occupied some years ago. Nowadays I have the same occasionally as I have two electric cars.
And I have a 10kWp solar system, too. So I can get by summertime with some <500kwh bills.
I have a NAS, 2 mini PCs, 2 3D printers and that’s my power consumption on for 6 months.
Same here, but I run a projector and watch movies and play games on one wall of my room. The bulb sucks 330 watts to project that large of an image.
I love being an irresponsible adult so much sometimes. :D
330w is quite a lot for a projector, i assume thats a high pressure mercury lamp one?
I recently switched to a laser one and the picture is still as bright but the power consumption is down by over 50%.
Also after 2 times geting my face blasted by mercury vapors when the lamp exploded in the old one…i aint risking losing even more brain cells…there is a good reason the stopped selling those in the eu now
Yes, it’s an older model that still uses those old lamps. I will probably switch over to a laser projector when it gives up the ghost, but so far, it works well.
Thankfully, I never had a lamp explode on me. That sounds absolutely terrifying.
Yeah on those projectors usually the lamp is what dies first, everything else in em could run for decades, i would advise on selling it while it still works to cover a bit of the price of a laser.
That sounds absolutely terrifying.
Yeah even thinking of it brings back that metallic taste in my mouth >.<
Laser projectors also tend to have better color depth. Projector tech has actually progressed by leaps and bounds in the past decade, so people still using older projectors are really missing out.
The one big problem they haven’t been able to solve is black levels. Because with a projector screen, your black level can only ever be as dark as the ambient light in the room.
This thread makes me question my 2,000kWh power bill, I don’t have any servers and always shut down my main PC over night. I do use a laptop as a media center that I don’t shut down, but I figured it can’t be using that much power.
Maybe the main factor is me being in home office and using my PC about 12-14h a day? 😅
Edit: Oh, I guess many people are talking monthly usage here. My number is over the last year, so I guess I’m not doing too bad
I’m in a 1 bedroom with my fiancé, a home server, and our gaming rigs running for long portions of the day.
We use about 243kWh a
daymonth.You draw an average of constantly ~10kW? That is a crazy amount of power, how many gaming rigs/servers do you have to get that high
Sorry, that’s per month, my bad.
243kWh per day is insane, even with three high powered rigs running. Are you sure your fiancé isn’t hiding a data center somewhere?!
We also have some really outdated air conditioning units.
you still have halogen lights or worse?
If your heating system isn’t electric I really wonder how you do.
Otherwise: Hoven, electric kettle/toaster, dishwasher, washing machine, dryer are usually the most consuming devices
Wait, you’re talking monthly or yearly?
yearly, and I use LED light bulbs in the whole flat
I do haven an electric stove/oven, kettle, dishwasher and washing machine. Oh, and my warm tap water is also heated by electricity. Haven’t really considered those, but that’s definitely a good point, water takes tons of energy to heat after all
Yearly?! It’s nothing then 😅
I just looked it up, it seems I’m pretty average with my energy usage compared to others here in germany, considering the electric flow heater I have. I wonder why energy usage seems so much higher elsewhere
I use 2k a month in the summer, but i know its my hvac unit. On the winter or spring months i use 1200.
I don’t have solar but i do have two electric cars and 4 gaming PCs in a 4 person house.
No HVAC here, I have gas heating and the only thing resembling AC in my flat is a fridge lol
Mine looks like this because Im the only one that has a heat pump on a street full of gas users
I’m conducting experiments on temperal mechanics. I need at least 1.21 Gigawatts.
PLEASE get us out of the Biff timeline
While bleak and terrible, I still think Biff’s future would be less shitty than Trump’s. I mean, Biff wasn’t getting dangerously close to starting WW3 or sending gestapo out to round up and deport non-whites. They do share being rapists in common, tho.
Yeah but we only saw Biff muck things up for like 2 hours…
Tbf, we only saw Biff after he already consolidated his global power, so we really don’t know if he did kick off WWIII to accomplish that lol
Is this weekly or monthly? If monthly, where the hell are people using only 600 kwh a month?
if you have gas or wood as a heating system and no electric cars?
This month we have reach for the moment 398kWh, with quite a lot of powertools(compressor, woodworking equipment,…) , plus dryer/washers etc. But no electric heating/boiler, which is gas or wood.
I do, most of the time. A while back I tracked my monthly electricity usage and it ranges from 200-700kWh a month. That includes cooking, heating and hot water too, one of the first things I did when getting my house was move everything to electricity and get the gas disconnected.
That’s surprising. I live in an area with no gas connections, so everything is electric. We average a little over 1000kwh a month every month.
I do live in a hot place so we rely on air conditioning a lot, maybe that’s the difference.
Surprised it would be pretty much the same amount every month, does your area not really have a winter/summer?
DFW part of Texas, it’s mostly hot throughout the year. I let my thermostat get a bit warm when no one is home to save on energy cost there.
The winters here get cold, but not that bad and not for very long so the heater doesn’t need to be on that much. Usage does go down during those months. We peak around 1400 or so in the hottest months.
My usage is so consistent I happily took an energy plan that was more expensive unless my energy usage stays between 1000-2000 kwh, where they give a $100 usage credit.
Now imagine having home servers, (legal) weed grow tents, and and EV
similar heating source
I highly doubt that, probably OP heating source are his servers
When it was - 10c a month was 2400kWh with a heat pump, one electric radiator and bathroom floor heating.
This is how you get cops busting through your door looking for a pot farm
Thankfully I’m in a legal state lol
If you’re in the USA you still have the feds that could “legally” do the same.
Yeah all ya gotta do is wfh
Uff…that’s close to my yearly electricity bill (including a home server/NAS). Energy consumption in the US is crazy.
What’s the idle power on your NAS? Less than 6 watts?
No, not quite that low. It’s an x86 PC with multiple HDDs. It draws about 15W in idle, or about 130 kWh per year. It’s a substantial part of my electricity bill xD
Lol…I hate my power bill.
My heat pump has used less than that since it was installed, in 2023…
Whoa. A really bad month for me is 2500 kwh.
Hmm I think you’re crossing into home datacenter territory.
I’ve got some rookie numbers to pump up LMAO
You’d think I’d have a few racks of equipment running… most of that is heating and cooling. Old drafty farm house with old inefficient heat pumps. Winter was damn cold this year.
I have a modern house with modern a heat pump, and I agree this winter was pretty brutal, but nothing close to yours. Can I ask what you pay per KWh? I have to imagine you’re coming close to spending enough in energy to pay for some serious renovations on the house.
