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As the site mentions elsewhere, they have a relatively power-hungry fiber router that needs a constant 10W, currently still running on the grid. In that sense,
by z2 7y ago
As the site mentions elsewhere, they have a relatively power-hungry fiber router that needs a constant 10W, currently still running on the grid. In that sense, the website isn't entirely solar-powered. This seems to be the state of things going into the future--computation may get more efficient, but pushing signals to far-away distances will always take more power!
- nothal 7y agoWhy are routers so energy intensive? I would think that with fiber the cost would be that of producing light which seems to be low cost.
- snazz 7y agoTo add an anecdote, those Comcast modem/router combos get really hot and are constantly running their fans. They probably have some pretty poor software on average and aren’t running power management daemons.
- ip26 7y agoDoesn't seem like a design point that any of them ever care about. It's easy to waste a lot of power if you treat it as a don't-care.
- driverdan 7y ago10W is practically nothing. You can get solar panels for under US$0.50/W. I paid $125 each for brand new 300W panels.