How much does it cost to run a pc 24/7?
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Well it's nice to know how much money you computer could suck up if running at full pelt.. That way you can always argue to your wife/partner/mother/whoever,
"But the leccy bill can't possibly be caused by my computer, it would cost less if i had the thing full tilt 24/7!"
"But the leccy bill can't possibly be caused by my computer, it would cost less if i had the thing full tilt 24/7!"
server?
Who is offering electricity at 7.6p per kw?
Most i can find are.
British gas
22.43p per kWh
7.62p per kWh above 500 kWh p.a
EBICo
11.20p per kWh
Telecom plus
£52.92 Annual standing charge
13.66p per kWh
npower
12.83p per kWh above 728 kWh p.a
10.19p per kWh
Southern Electric
15.68p per kWh
12.93p per kWh above 900 kWh p.a
E.ON
£127.09 Annual standing charge
11.23p per kWh
etc
Unless these are old figures 12p per kw is not far off.
British gas do 22p for the first 125KW per quarter and 7.6p thereafter on their Click Energy 5 tariff. Which averages at 8p per KW/h for our household. It depends how much you use I guess.
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And that is listed above
But for that theory to work, you would also need to take into account the 22.43p per kWh before the 125 KW and average it out, which would make it quite a bit above 7.6p kw.
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But pc cost should be marginal. I'd imagine even without a PC a household would use at least 125kWh a quarter.
Also, I'm on click energy 5 and get 20.229p and 7.771p respectively. Why are yours different?
But what I'm saying is 7.6p kw is not a realistic figure per month when averaged out. When the averaging out is done it will be a figure much closer to 12p per KW.
British gas are not thick, they are not going to charge over 4p per Kw less than their closest competitor.
Thats not what I'm saying. Every company uses different tiers. British Gas's are particularly low and the reality is the PC is only going to cost you 7.7p per kwh because you will use 125kwh anyway.
For example, our household uses roughly 4000kwh a year. What is the cost of running an additional pc?
When it is averaged out for our household it works out as 8p per kw/h. For anyone using 8,000 KW/h plus, british gas are significantly cheaper. It's all about economies of scale.
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Their gas prices are pretty good as well.
Of course we are talking about the click energy 5 tariff which most people don't get.
I'm fully aware of economies of scale so are British gas.
You will be one of the few exceptions that British gas make slim to no money on. but the average user will in no doubt work out at around 12p per kw,which is in line with other suppliers.
Think of it just like broadband, some users download 100s of gigs, some users download 10s of gigs. The 100s of gig people probably cost the suppliers money and the 10s of gig people average it out.
No hehehehehe
At 200w per hour and at a 8p per kwh marginal cost 1.6p per hour. But you need to find out what your marginal cost is from your tariff.
*shrugs*