PC usage cost for 24 hours?

Posted by mkhairul - December 27, 2006 at 08:12:30 pm -

Categories: blog

New housemate entered. I gave him a room. My mistake. Should’ve put him in the same room as the grizzly guy. Another 2 of my friend wanted in. Hrmm.. no place for those 2. Have to rethink strategy.

So anyway.. lets get back to the main agenda. New housemate.. brought his PC and doesnt fucking switch it off when he goes to sleep.

I searched the internet for calculating PC usage per day (24 hours per day.. 720 hours per month). I found a testing strategy and calculation formula at overclockers. There’s also a power supply calculator, very thorough but missed a few. Nevertheless still useful. It also mention about capacitor aging.. I know enough it meant a capacitor’s lifespan. Capacitor aging. With all the information I downloaded TNB’s electricity tariff booklet. Even though there’s special conditions when certain limits are exceeded. I calculate with lowest charge.

(0.210KW x 720 hours x 21.8 cents per KW/h) = 3296.16 cents = RM32.96 / month!

Roughly RM 35 - 40 per month. Since this new housemate doesnt use his pc 24/7. I’ll cut it to half around 1/3 of 40 and add it to his rent.

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