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===Water cookers===
===Water cookers===
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Yes, they may draw 1000 or 2000W.
They will also only do so for 5 minutes, so they're sort of equivalent to running a 150W thing for an hour or a 6W thing 24/7:


Yes, they may draw 1000 or 2000W. They will also only do so for 5 minutes, so they're sort of equivalent to running a 150W thing for an hour or a 6W thing 24/7.
2000 W * 5 minutes &#x2248; 160 Watt-hours
  160 W * 1 hour   &#x2248; 160 Watt-hours
    7 W * 24 hours  &#x2248; 160 Watt-hours


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Revision as of 17:08, 8 April 2024


Computers

tl;dr:

  • Assume 40W or more for laptops, idling at 10W with things dialed down
  • 150W or more for desktops, idling at 100W (can be much less, if specialized)
counting basic monitors (larger and brighter may add more)
most gaming machines don't go over 300 or 400W when working hard


Monitor

Storage

GPU

Can we do better?

CPU
Motherboard

Power Supplies

Audio amplifier

Smaller devices

Heaters and coolers

Water cookers