I used my power meter today to determine how much it's costing me to run some Christmas lights outside. Here's what I was running:- 3 "nets" of lights for my front bushes (well, 2 1/2 really; half a set wasn't working)
- 1 typical strand of lights for a decoration on a porch table
- 1 typical strand of lights for garland around the door
- 1 typical strand of lights for a mini Christmas tree on the porch
It's a modest number of lights, and I didn't include my indoor Christmas lights. Those strands consumed .275 kwh per hour. For me, that's just under 3 cents per hour, or less than $5 per month if these lights are allowed to run 5 hours per day for an entire month. My wife gets more than $5 worth of enjoyment out of them, so they stay. And I'll stop fretting about my energy bill now that I know how little these lights are costing me.
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Can I borrow your power meter sometime? You are about the only other person on this planet who would be able to guess the number of times when I wondered how much various electronic items around the house cost me. For example, I am dying to find out how much my Dell PowerEdge 4400 server is costing me to run 24x7.
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