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How much power does your home lab take? (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 years ago by hungover_pilot@lemmy.world to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

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Mine runs at 30watts at idle.

That powers 4 switches, 1AP, and my proxmox system (framework laptop motherboard) which runs my router and my services.

What is everyone else's usage and what does it power?

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[–] h3ndrik@feddit.de 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Comparable to your's. My Server/NAS usually is at about 15W to provide me and family/friends with a few selfhosted services. If i use it for backup or access some old photos/dvds it may spin up another hdd or two and it may draw additional power. (Or use the cpu). The cable modem and wifi router need another 20W combined.

I think that should be around 300kW per year. A bit more than the fridge in the kitchen claims to use per its energy label.

(edit: it's always very interesting to ask where people live (and what they're paying for energy) when asking questions like this. I'm not sure but i believe 300W in Texas is like 40W in Germany ;-)