reducing farm

[BaLa]

I'll be selling one of my rigs soon.....hopefully..

it's only a K6-2 500...


also after we move 1-2months not sure..
I might have only 1 rig running full-time 24/7


I'm hoping I can talk my mom into leaving two of my comps on 24/7

the XP1700 and XP2000 or is it 2100..

the Celeron 950 will be off and on


we will be moving of the military base, so my mom is concerned about electricty...$$

[YARDofSTUF]

that sucks! good luck on the move!

[Tawcan]

Good luck hopefully everything turns out ok. :)

[BaLa]

yeah me too...

besides the rent thing :rolleyes:


not sure WHY she is concerned about the electricity...

does anybody know of any sites, that say approx. how much electricity a comp uses..?

tia
TC

[Prey521]

www.wattsavvy.com/pmConsumption.asp

[Tawcan]

http://www.jscustompcs.com/power_supply/

[Chris]

Sell all your rigs and build a dually...Problem solved :)

[goobee]

Originally posted by BaLa
yeah me too...

besides the rent thing :rolleyes:


not sure WHY she is concerned about the electricity...

does anybody know of any sites, that say approx. how much electricity a comp uses..?

tia
TC

Back when I was running 5 duallies 24/7, those boxes increased my monthly electrical bill by ~$180.00. Of course, this is based upon Southern California Edison rates. Rates in your area may be higher or lower.

$80.00 (normal) vs. $240.00 (w/ farm) per month for me. This is why I can no longer afford running my farm anymore. :mad:

[Humboldt]

This might be too obvious to state, but having your monitor off will at least take care of some of that energy consumption.

I think the Stanford FAQs state that about $6-8 per month per computer is about normal, although this doesn't seem to match with what some of you are sayng.

[BaLa]

my monitors are usually of, to save power....
and I believe it is better for the monitor to not be running 1000% of the time..

[lonewolfz28]

Those of us with large farms also have to take into account the extra heat these things put into the living area. During the late fall, winter and early spring it's no problem. But the rest of the year, it's a real consideration since you have to crank up the cooling to keep the computers and yourself comfy.

I'm averaging ~350 more kWh per month than I was last year without the three duallies running. At 8.6 cents per kWh, that's about $30 per month or $10 per duallie all things else being equal. We had to keep the thermostat below 80° for the first time since we moved here in order to keep the rooms with the computers (one of which is my bedroom) bearable, but not entirely comfortable.:rolleyes: