I moved into a tiny home and got one for measuring the current draw of my kitchen appliances and keeping track of the cost of my electric space heater ($40/month so far, yeesh)
Comment on Power is not energy: why the difference matters [Technology Connections]
TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 6 days ago
towelie@lemm.ee 5 days ago
FauxLiving@lemmy.world 5 days ago
I’m over here heating water in a kettle because of Technology Connections (and also pre-heating my dishwasher)
TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 5 days ago
Its the midwest pragmatism that sells it.
I just do what he says because it sounds so practical.
InvertedParallax@lemm.ee 6 days ago
Do it, it teaches you things.
Most of your power isn’t going where you think.
lka1988@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 days ago
My dishwasher pulls over 1000W, but overall actual usage pales in comparison to my server cluster, which utilizes a multiple 35W mini PCs.
I started measuring a bunch of things in February (using zigbee-compatible smart plugs to HA), so here is a graph of the above for the entire month of March:
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It was eye opening, to say the least.
InvertedParallax@lemm.ee 4 days ago
Yeah, my rack is a beast too, especially since it runs 24/7.
I have PGE though, so I get absolutely reamed constantly, they play a lot of games so my solar helps me as little as possible.
Oh, I had a whole-house meter connected to my smart meter by zigbee, but then PGE disabled that a few years ago.
Worst part of california :(