How much electricy would it cost to run an average computer..
a windows XP + the monitor + the modem + the router + etc etc..
can anyone give this answer in american dollors as well?
thanks alot if you can answer

Of great historical significance to all, Korea92
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> How much electricy would it cost to run an average computer..
> a windows XP + the monitor + the modem + the router + etc
> etc.. can anyone give this answer in american dollors as
> well? thanks alot if you can answer

It would depend on the total watts each device uses per hour plugged-in; and what your electricity provider charges per kilowatt hour; times the number of hours in the billing cycle. On you electric bill it should show what you're paying per kilowatt hour.

Example:

Computer: 0.5 kw/h (500 watts)
Monitor: 0.3 kw/h (300 watts)
Router: 0.2 kw/h (200 watts)

Total 1.0 kw/h

Your provider charges $0.08 per kw/h and has 30 days (720 hours) in the billing cycle:

720 X $0.08 = $57.60

hth
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ah, im sorry i dint provide enough information xD
well im in California so i guess PG&E is my supplier,
My computer is a desktop made by intel inside..so it says on sticker.
My monitor is from THE LCD UNIVERSE.

"Chet" wrote:

> Of great historical significance to all, Korea92
> <(E-Mail Removed)> declared on Sun, 3 Aug 2008 16:13:00
> -0700:
>
> > How much electricy would it cost to run an average computer..
> > a windows XP + the monitor + the modem + the router + etc
> > etc.. can anyone give this answer in american dollors as
> > well? thanks alot if you can answer
>
> It would depend on the total watts each device uses per hour plugged-in; and what your electricity provider charges per kilowatt hour; times the number of hours in the billing cycle. On you electric bill it should show what you're paying per kilowatt hour.
>
> Example:
>
> Computer: 0.5 kw/h (500 watts)
> Monitor: 0.3 kw/h (300 watts)
> Router: 0.2 kw/h (200 watts)
>
> Total 1.0 kw/h
>
> Your provider charges $0.08 per kw/h and has 30 days (720 hours) in the billing cycle:
>
> 720 X $0.08 = $57.60
>
> hth
> --
> (E-Mail Removed)com
> "I may be dumb, but I'm not stupid."
> - Terry Bradshaw -
>

"Korea92" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> ah, im sorry i dint provide enough information xD
> well im in California so i guess PG&E is my supplier,

(You have to *guess*??!)

So find out directly from them or, as Chet said, from your bill how much
they charge.

> My computer is a desktop made by intel inside..so it says on sticker.

Oh, right, that enables us to tell you straight away what its power rating
is!

That is the make of CPU inside the box and of no value for this exercise.
More info could be gleaned from the make and model of the machine.

> My monitor is from THE LCD UNIVERSE.

That sounds like a shop ("store") - living in England, I don't know. But see
previous comment about lack of information. It's like saying, "I bought a
car from A&B Ford dealership in Pasadena, so tell me how many miles to the
gallon it gives me."

Chet has given you all the pointers you need. Your next step is to do some
work yourself - plug in YOUR values for the variables, estiamte how many
hours per day you're running things for and do some maths.

You'll also need to add in anything else you want taken into consideration:
you say " a windows XP + the monitor + the modem + the router + etc etc..".
How are we supposed to know what is covered by "etc etc"?? If you want to
include the costs incurred by eg loudspeakers, a printer, a scanner, a
mains-powered external hard drive and a powered hub that are on all the
time, then you'll need to find out yourself how much electricity they use,
too - which isn't done by telling us the make of a component or where you
you bought them! :-)

>
> "Chet" wrote:
>
>> Of great historical significance to all, Korea92
>> <(E-Mail Removed)> declared on Sun, 3 Aug 2008 16:13:00
>> -0700:
>>
>> > How much electricy would it cost to run an average computer..
>> > a windows XP + the monitor + the modem + the router + etc
>> > etc.. can anyone give this answer in american dollors as
>> > well? thanks alot if you can answer
>>
>> It would depend on the total watts each device uses per hour plugged-in;
>> and what your electricity provider charges per kilowatt hour; times the
>> number of hours in the billing cycle. On you electric bill it should show
>> what you're paying per kilowatt hour.
>>
>> Example:
>>
>> Computer: 0.5 kw/h (500 watts)
>> Monitor: 0.3 kw/h (300 watts)
>> Router: 0.2 kw/h (200 watts)
>>
>> Total 1.0 kw/h
>>
>> Your provider charges $0.08 per kw/h and has 30 days (720 hours) in the
>> billing cycle:
>>
>> 720 X $0.08 = $57.60
>>
>> hth
>> --
>> (E-Mail Removed)com
>> "I may be dumb, but I'm not stupid."
>> - Terry Bradshaw -
>>

So you don't know how to read an electric bill regarding what the name of
the facility providing electricity. You don't know how to find the rate per
KW/hour on such a bill.
You may have a standard Pentium cpu and accompanying motherboard and one old
hard drive, or, a current dual core and accompanying motherboard, with 5
onboard hard drives and 3 DVD burners, and a bunch of other internal
devices, and some other externals as well.

Never heard of the monitor.

The monitor, modem, and router may have power usage noted on label on the
rear of same. It won't be in Kilowatts though.

PCs you can either estimate based the innards. Or use an ammeter external
probe on the power cord. If you use the PC the same length of time each
day, turn all you're referring to as "a computer" off for one week. Examine
the electric bill for that billing period, and compare with the bill for the
previous billing period. Multiply the amount of money you saved on the
newer bill by 4.3. This is assuming all other electrical use was same in
both billing periods.

--
Dave

"Korea92" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:E1EB9D89-F55B-4C53-9370-(E-Mail Removed)...
> ah, im sorry i dint provide enough information xD
> well im in California so i guess PG&E is my supplier,
> My computer is a desktop made by intel inside..so it says on sticker.
> My monitor is from THE LCD UNIVERSE.
>
> "Chet" wrote:
>
>> Of great historical significance to all, Korea92
>> <(E-Mail Removed)> declared on Sun, 3 Aug 2008 16:13:00
>> -0700:
>>
>> > How much electricy would it cost to run an average computer..
>> > a windows XP + the monitor + the modem + the router + etc
>> > etc.. can anyone give this answer in american dollors as
>> > well? thanks alot if you can answer
>>
>> It would depend on the total watts each device uses per hour plugged-in;
>> and what your electricity provider charges per kilowatt hour; times the
>> number of hours in the billing cycle. On you electric bill it should show
>> what you're paying per kilowatt hour.
>>
>> Example:
>>
>> Computer: 0.5 kw/h (500 watts)
>> Monitor: 0.3 kw/h (300 watts)
>> Router: 0.2 kw/h (200 watts)
>>
>> Total 1.0 kw/h
>>
>> Your provider charges $0.08 per kw/h and has 30 days (720 hours) in the
>> billing cycle:
>>
>> 720 X $0.08 = $57.60
>>
>> hth
>> --
>> (E-Mail Removed)com
>> "I may be dumb, but I'm not stupid."
>> - Terry Bradshaw -
>>

Courtesy of Phi Weldon
Here in Atlanta, for the moment, my per KWH charge is about $0.08
US, so an hours computer use is about $0.016.

that would be about average for Computer only...with variations due to
Processor/Videocard/Number of HD/DVD /amount and type of Ram etc
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"Korea92" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> How much electricy would it cost to run an average computer..
> a windows XP + the monitor + the modem + the router + etc etc..
> can anyone give this answer in american dollors as well?
> thanks alot if you can answer