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Mike Send message Joined: 17 Feb 01 Posts: 34257 Credit: 79,922,639 RAC: 80 |
Mine is $251 a month but my home theatre is more power hungry. With each crime and every kindness we birth our future. |
Fred J. Verster Send message Joined: 21 Apr 04 Posts: 3252 Credit: 31,903,643 RAC: 0 |
Mine is €433,85(+) per 2 month, with so called, night rating, since I live in the center of a small town and have no gas*, not allowed, considered too dangerous, but had to go to court, to claim my rights! (The whole, 175 year old building, is gas heated (C.H.)4 heaters placed on top of the building, equivalent too 4 x 100KW) I've just passed the 10MegaWatt/hour border in 5 years. *Electric stove 3x 240/400V (triple fase)7500Watt/hour, AC unit 850Watt, BOILER 2500Watt, 3 QUAD's + 4 CUDA cards, 1250Watt when all in use.(+ 250Watt if all 3 Monitors are on, 400Watt with TV on.) Whitout SETI WU's 150Watt less, Einstein hardly uses the GTX480 (2 -4% load) (GTS250 is just a bit faster doing Einstein, GPUgrid only runs OK on GTX480) ((+) 35% off, night rating.) Only rig, a Q6600 (2550MHz)+ (ATI) 4850 + 5870, doing MW, Collatz Con. and DNETC atm., uses 500Watt.(Use outside air {+4C} to cool the CAL cards) |
John Clark Send message Joined: 29 Sep 99 Posts: 16515 Credit: 4,418,829 RAC: 0 |
Current monthly power bill for 4 rigs, mainly GPU crunching is $200 It's good to be back amongst friends and colleagues |
Allie in Vancouver Send message Joined: 16 Mar 07 Posts: 3949 Credit: 1,604,668 RAC: 0 |
I don't pay anything for power since electricity is included in my rent. I only have one computer crunching and it is an older quad with no GPU so, even if I had to pay it would be less than $10 per month. And I am not saving any electrons with SETI being down since I crunch other projects too. Pure mathematics is, in its way, the poetry of logical ideas. Albert Einstein |
zoom3+1=4 Send message Joined: 30 Nov 03 Posts: 65738 Credit: 55,293,173 RAC: 49 |
I don't pay anything for power since electricity is included in my rent. Mine's also included in My space rent, But I do know the amount for this month, I used 361Kwh or $32.82 worth thanks to Seti being offline, Bit of a low point for the Year really. The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's |
Skywalker66 @ Berlin Send message Joined: 31 Jan 01 Posts: 78 Credit: 27,692,349 RAC: 0 |
now my at 62€ per Month = 744€ Year 2008/2009 was at 4200 KWh per year 2009/2010 was at 3200 KWh per year this is for a single user home , only my cruncher eat the most |
Josef W. Segur Send message Joined: 30 Oct 99 Posts: 4504 Credit: 1,414,761 RAC: 0 |
My power bill for October 8 to November 8 was $16.82 of which $15.11 is the basic monthly service charge. In this area, NYSEG only reads the meters on alternate months and bills monthly on an estimate basis when they don't read. The month was estimated at only 8 kwh, which is an echo from a bad reading in September 2009 which caused subsequent readings and estimates to be tiny. In a more practical vein, I probably used slightly more Propane for heating after S@H work became scarce. I haven't worked out the relative costs of electric versus propane heat, nor the firewood for my woodstove. I'd rather have the electric heating with a S@H byproduct, though. Joe |
zoom3+1=4 Send message Joined: 30 Nov 03 Posts: 65738 Credit: 55,293,173 RAC: 49 |
My power bill for October 8 to November 8 was $16.82 of which $15.11 is the basic monthly service charge. Yeah then Yer recycling, Sounds a bit Green. The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's |
zoom3+1=4 Send message Joined: 30 Nov 03 Posts: 65738 Credit: 55,293,173 RAC: 49 |
SOP here in the park is to break out all the costs one has racked up for the month, I also know how much I used in Natural Gas($20.21 or 20 Therms[THRM]) and how much It costs Me, Plus the water pumping charge is a flat amount(No meters cause of Freezing problems last It was tried). Actually ISTA does a pretty good job. Here's a picture of My bill. I plan a bit ahead, But this time I could not have foreseen something like this, At least not exactly, But Hey saving money is good, Grace gets 96 cans of Friskies for Christmas as a result, Which will last Her sometime into July or August 2011. The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's |
dcappello Send message Joined: 3 Apr 99 Posts: 261 Credit: 170,969,320 RAC: 0 |
Here is a nice summary the green line is the avg temp F: I am around $0.12 kWh |
Olli Send message Joined: 25 Apr 07 Posts: 143 Credit: 2,089,162 RAC: 0 |
I'm ashtonished to see how much some of you are willing to pay for crunching SETI. Heating the house at wintertime of course is ok. But how about heating the house, and at the same time cooling it with the A/C, incomprehensible! I've got down-SETI electrical bills at 15e/month, when SETI is up it costs twice that. |
SciManStev Send message Joined: 20 Jun 99 Posts: 6652 Credit: 121,090,076 RAC: 0 |
I'm ashtonished to see how much some of you are willing to pay for crunching SETI. Heating the house at wintertime of course is ok. But how about heating the house, and at the same time cooling it with the A/C, incomprehensible! Last night it was in the 30's F, and I had the window partially open because my rig was throwing off too much heat. It may be strange, and I agree with that, but I love doing it. Steve Warning, addicted to SETI crunching! Crunching as a member of GPU Users Group. GPUUG Website |
Olli Send message Joined: 25 Apr 07 Posts: 143 Credit: 2,089,162 RAC: 0 |
KenzieB: You just pop up a couple of new rigs, boot them up to crunching. Having electrics included in your rent, maybe your landlord doesn't figure it out. It could be some other tenant? |
Olli Send message Joined: 25 Apr 07 Posts: 143 Credit: 2,089,162 RAC: 0 |
That's cool, Steve. Especially if you have got the airflow, when needed. Here in Finland, I'm currently doing Einstein - twist that saying if you want - and happily co-heating my flat with abt. 200W output. Outside is -7 celcius. Nice. |
Joel Send message Joined: 31 Oct 08 Posts: 104 Credit: 4,838,348 RAC: 13 |
Count me in the camp of people using their crunching computers to heat a room. My machines were idle due to the project's troubles, but it got cold last week all of a sudden, so I attached to some new projects to give them something to do until our central heater gets fixed... |
soft^spirit Send message Joined: 18 May 99 Posts: 6497 Credit: 34,134,168 RAC: 0 |
The stove has been co-heating my apartment today.. have not heard the heat come on. No weather report handy but.. chilly outside. The oven should roast me out of here tomorrow. Einstein helps.. But Seti helps more. <edit> there it is 35F here. 3 over freezing. Janice |
arkayn Send message Joined: 14 May 99 Posts: 4438 Credit: 55,006,323 RAC: 0 |
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nemesis Send message Joined: 12 Oct 99 Posts: 1408 Credit: 35,074,350 RAC: 0 |
$.0789/kwh for october but i'm running hardly any computers anymore. use to run 5 quads w/260gtx 1 dual W/ 260gtx 4 duals w/9500gt 1 dual w/ 9600gso plus 5 p4 3ghz 3 p4 2.8ghz and assorted laptops. |
zoom3+1=4 Send message Joined: 30 Nov 03 Posts: 65738 Credit: 55,293,173 RAC: 49 |
I know what you mean Phud. If money was no object then yes, let's fire up every bit of kit we have. But of course it costs real money, and it just makes sense to maximise the return for the outlay. I may be able to power up a bit more once I get a New house, As then I can apply for the SASH: Single-family Affordable Solar Homes Program here in California, As I can qualify for a free 1-3KW Photovoltaic system which will cut the cost of My electrical by up to 75%. The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's |
zpm Send message Joined: 25 Apr 08 Posts: 284 Credit: 1,659,024 RAC: 0 |
honestly, can't factor it due to the fact that i have a damn pool!!!!! I recommend Secunia PSI: http://secunia.com/vulnerability_scanning/personal/ Go Georgia Tech. |
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