Electricity bills
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- nessdog
I live in a flat with 2 other people, and one of them wants me to pay more towards the electricity bill because I work on my mac all day everyday. I think I'll have to cough up. So i was just wondering if anyone knows how much leccy macs generally use.... what percentage of the bill should i pay extra. blah blah. thanks.
- whiteSneaks0
tell them nice try but no. Your one mac consumes a negligible amount of power.
major appliances and ac/heaters do the damage.
- BonSeff0
computers dont use up all that much juice. tell yer tight wad roomie to save it
- Abandoned0
Meh just smile and nod at him and find a new less anal roomate then kick'm to the crub....
- Abandoned0
curb*
- jevad0
hahah - my old roomate years ago tried to pull that one...it's absolute crap....
- mikotondria20
You should see a power condumption stat. on the monitor and on the machine..
Im guessing its no more than 50W between them.
The price of electricity should be quoted on your bill as a figure in kWH (Kilowatt Hours), or the electricity used by a 1000w device in 1 hour. Its normally a number of cents (10-15).
Things like 5kW water heaters chew up the most..
So, a 50W machine running for 100 hours = 0.05 * 100 = 5.00kWH which should be less than a dollar, and 100 hours is a long time to haver your machine on in a week. Say, $3 if you kept it on 24/7.
QED ?
- nessdog0
hehe thanks d00ds.
Funny thing is.. she uses my mac for the internet and downloading tunes for her ipod so I replied "do you want to pay for hire of my mac?"
- BonSeff0
tell her that she chills more food in the fridge and you cant see paying for her cold brocolli
- nessdog0
I'll try that Bon Seff.
She's a vegan... lots of brocolli, fake bacon and carrots in there to keep cool. :).
- rasko40
haha bonseff!
- jevad0
I don't understand vegans/veggies that eat fake bacon.
- mikotondria20
lol - its not 'fake bacon' is it ?
its 'real soy protein', it just has a silly name.
They could call it 'fake' anything.
Sounds stupid, anyhow.
She sounds like a right pain in the arse, too.
- mikotondria20
lol - its not 'fake bacon' is it ?
its 'real soy protein', it just has a silly name.
They could call it 'fake' anything.
Sounds stupid, anyhow.
She sounds like a right pain in the arse, too.
- mrdobolina0
fakon
- mikotondria20
lol - its not 'fake bacon' is it ?
its 'real soy protein', it just has a silly name.
They could call it 'fake' anything.
Sounds stupid, anyhow.
She sounds like a right pain in the arse, too.
- rasko40
i want to get Beef Carrots™ or PorkPeas™
- nessdog0
she farts and burps alot too :)
- JamesEngage0
she sounds a right ball-ache
- nessdog0
must be PMT!
what i could really do with is a chart comparing G4 leccy use with say a stereo and tv. I'm getting as petty as her now. ahh shucks.
- jevad0
eeew- girls don't fart or burp!
they don't poop either....