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> send an electrician I think OP needed an electrician onsite anyway, as $200/month would be somewhat over 2500 watts continuous 24x7 which would require in t
by VLM 6y ago
> send an electrician
I think OP needed an electrician onsite anyway, as $200/month would be somewhat over 2500 watts continuous 24x7 which would require in the US at minimum two dedicated 15 amp circuits. That's a serious enough amount of heat to require the attentions of a HVAC guy also.
I ran some small clusters at home for learning purposes and maybe $400 per year was pretty minimal compared to the cost of tuition, cost of the hardware, etc.
- AndrewUnmuted 6y agoI was beginning to suspect this, as well. But I of course was nowhere near prepared to handle this responsibility on my own. I live in a 2BR 4th-floor walk-up apartment in Brooklyn, NY, constructed 1913. The rack consisted of a dual-processor Xeon 1U with a Tesla GPU, two 4U hard drive racks, and a UPS unit.
- Dylan16807 6y agoIf your electricity is 10 cents per kWh it would be that much. Since they said NYC we can bump that to 21 cents and then $150-$200 becomes 980-1300 watts, or 8-11 amps. That's something most people could plug in to their bedroom or living room circuit without a sweat.
- AndrewUnmuted 6y agoIs there a resource online one can use to figure out what the cost per kWh will be for their power usage in a particular area? I am fascinated by how people know these figures seemingly off the top of their heads. :)
- sokoloff 6y agoIn MA ($0.195/kWh), that’s only about 1400W, or 12A which is supportable on a single 15A circuit.