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My 'base' load in the house is about 100W.. Containing 3 servers (one 10W-idle Skylake i5 NUC, the other 5W-idle Atom-based, one Raspberry Pi 4), one router, on

My 'base' load in the house is about 100W.. Containing 3 servers (one 10W-idle Skylake i5 NUC, the other 5W-idle Atom-based, one Raspberry Pi 4), one router, one fibre modem, one 4G backup modem, security system, 5 network switches around the house, 2 Access Points.. Oh and one light (NUC) desktop I run 24/7 but in low-power at night (with most processes suspended). It accumulates to about 100W. All in all that adds up to a lot more than 30 bucks/year, it's about 1 euro per day at current prices. But I need all this stuff. Everything that drains considerable power is already on a switchbox. It's just the way it is, a smart house saves a lot of power but it costs some too. Still, we've come a long way. 100W used to be one lightbulb. Now I can run my whole house on that.

aulin 5y ago
seems underestimated, did you measure it? no fridge? no tv?
- GekkePrutser 5y ago
  I didn't count the fridge, no. I took the base load from the times the fridge compressor is off. The TV in standby is included though. And yeah it's measured. I have a Shelly EM2 connected to home assistant.
  - aulin 5y ago
    Ok, asking because I'm getting around 150W measured base load with way less computing devices but two fridges. I need to start monitoring single appliances to see who's guilty.
    - GekkePrutser 5y ago
      Yeah if you have two it's a lot harder to see. I don't have sensors on a lot of individual devices, definitely not the fridge. But on my house power graph it's really clear when the fridge is on because I see a huge spike when the compressor starts up and then about 50W constant load while it cools. Also, I have temperature sensors in both the fridge and freezer compartments so I can see exactly when it's cooling (which coincides with that power draw). But almost all my computing devices are low-power ones and that really helps a lot. Some are in the living room so noise was also a consideration. The only big exception is my game PC - I always shut that down fully and only really use it for gaming because even idle it will take 200W or so. I have an RTX3080Ti in it so it's not power-efficient :)

aulin 5y ago

seems underestimated, did you measure it? no fridge? no tv?

GekkePrutser 5y ago
I didn't count the fridge, no. I took the base load from the times the fridge compressor is off. The TV in standby is included though. And yeah it's measured. I have a Shelly EM2 connected to home assistant.
- aulin 5y ago
  Ok, asking because I'm getting around 150W measured base load with way less computing devices but two fridges. I need to start monitoring single appliances to see who's guilty.
  - GekkePrutser 5y ago
    Yeah if you have two it's a lot harder to see. I don't have sensors on a lot of individual devices, definitely not the fridge. But on my house power graph it's really clear when the fridge is on because I see a huge spike when the compressor starts up and then about 50W constant load while it cools. Also, I have temperature sensors in both the fridge and freezer compartments so I can see exactly when it's cooling (which coincides with that power draw). But almost all my computing devices are low-power ones and that really helps a lot. Some are in the living room so noise was also a consideration. The only big exception is my game PC - I always shut that down fully and only really use it for gaming because even idle it will take 200W or so. I have an RTX3080Ti in it so it's not power-efficient :)