[ale] 0.15c an hour

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James P. Kinney III wrote:

>We have 12 machines here that are on 24x7. Plus a dedicated AC unit for
>the server closet. Our power bill is averaged over the year to level the
>summer cooling load. The monthly bill is about $325.
>
>I attribute at least 20% of that to the teenagers inability to turn off
>any lights in the house....
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>On Tue, 2006-12-05 at 08:29 -0500, Christopher Fowler wrote:
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>>I think a lot of us keep our computers on 24x7 and do not realize what
>>the costs are.  My wife just pays the power bill each month.  I don't
>>even know how much the bill is.
>>
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>>On Mon, 2006-12-04 at 23:45 -0500, James P. Kinney III wrote:
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>>>On Mon, 2006-12-04 at 17:50 -0500, Christopher Fowler wrote:
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>>>>On Mon, 2006-12-04 at 17:02 -0500, Calvin Harrigan wrote:
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>>>>>That's .15 cents, not .15 dollars.
>>>>>
>>>>>It's 0.0015 dollars per hour if you will.
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>>>>Maybe I'm reading it wrong.  The article states is costs between 10 - 20
>>>>US Cents per hour to run a computer.
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>>>That must include the windows support costs :)
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I feel electrically challenged.  My power bill rarely gets past 80 bucks 
and that's during the summer.  During the transition months apr-june, 
oct,nov, it's in the 30's.