/diy/ - Do It Yourself

>>1214490
>Christ. That's a computer.

The PC's PSU alone is max 600watts. Everything just adds to it. Idle is about 200watts, but it is never ever idle when it is turned on and floats around 530watts. I has six cores, a massive heatsink with 2 fans (room temp is 80F an CPU temp is 86F right now), and Radeon HD 6950 card, but everything is pretty old. At one time the PC was on 24hours then only 16 hours a day. Now, It is on maybe 10 hours a day. Sound system is only 100watts.

>I hope that's the MAX draw of it.

That's the spec on the bottom. I guess it is 36w, not 32w. It can run without the battery using only the wall adapter which is rated at 12v 3a, but probably outputs at 13v-15v. It runs WinXP (ASUS EEE-900SD) and is pretty damn slow for most everything.

>AC

It stays on 8hrs at night with fan directed right on me. It is only 466 watts. 5k BTU. I can get away with something that small because I use it for spot cooling me instead of cooling the room or house. The remote has a "follow me" function that turns it on/off when the temp is reached where ever it is.

>cost/kw

Nothing has changed, in the house, since this bill was issued. Except the time of year. My last bill was like 10 cents under $40. My summer max has been hovering just under 400kwh/month since this bill. I get a special discounted rate because I run a farm.

Of were to go full off-grid electrically, I'd prefer to have solar-wind combo and have each be able to make 2kwh. Every so often I have to have some serious watts for power tools. So peak continuous running would be 1.8kwh with whatever spike happens when they turn on.