Philouis Posted March 27, 2009 Share Posted March 27, 2009 Could anyone inform me of the cost of electricity for running a desktop computer for one hour. I leave mine on all day and I wonder if this could be costing me dearly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tenniswitch Posted March 27, 2009 Share Posted March 27, 2009 Too many variables. Why don't you do what I do when I want to know what my electric radiators are costing: turn off as many other appliances as possible, run the computer and its peripherals for a couple of hours and see how much your meter's moved? Then do the same with the computer and peripherals OFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BJSLIV Posted March 27, 2009 Share Posted March 27, 2009 Off the top of my head, assuming a standard PC with an LCD screen which goes into standby when not in use, I wouldn't expect you to average much more than 150 watts per hour.So assuming that the machine was on 12 hours per day that would be 2Kw per day. Say 20p per day. Try this calculatorhttp://www.eu-energystar.org/en/en_007c.shtml Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philouis Posted March 28, 2009 Author Share Posted March 28, 2009 Thank you both. Query answered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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