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B2I
Senior Cruncher usa Joined: Jan 23, 2011 Post Count: 232 Status: Offline Project Badges: 
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Hi All
----------------------------------------The bill I get from my power company is very complex with base rates, rates under 100 KW, rates over 500KW many different fixed charges and a few credits. I did a simple calculation for the first time this month where I divided the KW Hours used by the bottom line $ amount. I was somewhat taken aback that it came out to 17 cents per KW hour. It was a lot more than I thought. Just wondering what you all pay in simple terms. I'll start the thread. below.  |
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B2I
Senior Cruncher usa Joined: Jan 23, 2011 Post Count: 232 Status: Offline Project Badges:
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USA Southern Colorado $ 0.17 per KWH
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Aurum
Master Cruncher The Great Basin Joined: Dec 24, 2017 Post Count: 2386 Status: Offline Project Badges: 
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$0.073
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NAP2614
Master Cruncher Joined: Mar 27, 2007 Post Count: 2546 Status: Offline Project Badges:
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Non Summer energy charge 0.079371 Bonneville Power
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ca05065
Senior Cruncher Joined: Dec 4, 2007 Post Count: 325 Status: Offline Project Badges:
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At the current exchange rate, I pay the equivalent of $0.212 per kwh in England
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unsmurf
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mine is approx £0.16p which is about $0.21
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FAHE
Advanced Cruncher Australia Joined: Apr 27, 2007 Post Count: 122 Status: Offline Project Badges:
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Accounting for the current exchange rate mine is $0.1832 in Canberra.
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B2I
Senior Cruncher usa Joined: Jan 23, 2011 Post Count: 232 Status: Offline Project Badges:
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Holy smokes: NAP2614 almost 80 cents per KWH??
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NAP2614
Master Cruncher Joined: Mar 27, 2007 Post Count: 2546 Status: Offline Project Badges:
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Nope I missed an 0 See edit
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B2I
Senior Cruncher usa Joined: Jan 23, 2011 Post Count: 232 Status: Offline Project Badges:
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Based on my own measurements with a Kill a watt meter on several computers, I've observed the difference in a computer at idle vs 100% as they usually are while running BOINC projects, is between 100 and 200 watts. This means that a 24/7 cruncher does 8760 hours. Round this down to 8000 to simplify the math and allow for a little maintenance downtime and we get 800KWH to 1600KWH per year for one computer.
----------------------------------------This means if we pay .20 dollars for power, our cost is $160-$320 per computer. Most of us run many computers full time. My point is, we are not just donating spare computer time, we are donating real money. Let me know if this math checks out and is consistent with your experience |
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