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> With the power supplies of this era, this pair of devices probably pumps 16w idle. Running 24/24 7/7, they probably consume as much as a small fridge as a who
by jimmaswell 3y ago
> With the power supplies of this era, this pair of devices probably pumps 16w idle. Running 24/24 7/7, they probably consume as much as a small fridge as a whole. The LCA of the solution must be consterning as well, especially compared with few one dollard microcontrollers.
At the average cost of electric in the USA this amounts to under $2/month. Seems negligible to me?
https://www.wolframalpha.com/input?i=16+watts+*+24+hours+*+30+*+16.21+cents%2FkWh https://www.wolframalpha.com/input?i=16+watts+*+24+hours+*+3...
- israrkhan 3y ago$2 is median daily wage for several countries. Negligible in US but not everywhere source: https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/daily-median-income https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/daily-median-income
- rrix2 3y agoI don't think places like that have folks in new construction with Ethernet and Android tablets in the wall. TFA uses GBP as the currency in the images.
- PH95VuimJjqBqy 3y agoyou must be fun at parties.
- 0x457 3y agoYes, but those countries also have different energy cost.
- bdavbdav 3y agoStill cheap, but the cost per KWH in UK is at least twice the average in the US.
- mindslight 3y agoFor a device with so little functionality and non-critical functionality at that, I wouldn't call $24/year negligible. My whole home Ryzen router/server idles around there. Honestly I'd bet the fuse was missing because the last tenant was an engineer, investigated this thing themselves, found it a useless waste, and pulled it.
- seb1204 3y agoPlease send me 2$/month if you don't mind.
- NavinF 3y agoSure no problem. Just power my 16w tablet in exchange. That's what this thread is about: A tiny cost for a tiny convenience.