Re: low power server question

[Robin Edwards <robin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Keith, all, thank you.    Back to thinking about power supplier and
tariffs I think.  Hmm, Currentcost,
not looked at it before in detail... New toy coming along I think :-)

robin


On 12/02/10 11:59, Keith Doxey wrote:
>
>
>
>> I've converted my HA server to run on a low powered server,
>> which according to my power meter consumes about 16.5W, so
>> lets call it 20 for safety.
>>
>> My underlying reason for doing this is to lower the cost of
>> power and at present something like 2/3 of our usage (in
>> units) is daytime.
>>
>>
> I think you are going about this all wrong !!!
>
> As others have said, the ineffiencies of using a UPS and also the
capital
> cost of purchasing said equipment will probably not be cost effective
given
> how low the consumption of the server is in the first place.
>
> Many moons ago I had economy 7 and had dishwasher, washing machine,
tumble
> drier etc set to operate on off peak electricity. It worked quite well
for a
> few years with about 2/3 of my usage off peak.
>
> However, things changed DRASTICALLY once the kids came along and it
became
> necessary to use said devices during the day as well. My energy usage
> pattern flipped and like you I ended up using 2/3 at PEAK rates.
>
> I saved loads of money by changing from Economy 7 back to a single
tariff as
> on Economy 7 the daytime rate was more expensive than the single
tariff
> rate. Now I can use what I like when I like without worrying about the
time
> of day.
>
> I saved even more money once I got my Currentcost and trimmed £20
per month
> of my bills ;)
>
> HTH
>
> Keith
>
>
>



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