Good morning everyone,
I wanted to ask what your house’s electricity consumption is at night when everything is quiet and sleeping, so what is running continuously?
We have a newly built house, moved in summer 2019. Our building services include underfloor heating (air-to-water heat pump), controlled mechanical ventilation (runs at full power 3 times a day for 2 hours each, then reduced), a photovoltaic system, and otherwise the usual nighttime appliances (phone charger plugged into USB outlet, e-bikes charging occasionally, 2 TVs on standby, Alexas on standby, etc.).
At night, we have a continuous consumption of about 232W (with ventilation running at reduced power and when the heat pump is not producing). I can see this in the app for the photovoltaic system. From 0:00 to 6:30 a.m. we consume about 2.8 kWh.
How about you?
Best regards
I wanted to ask what your house’s electricity consumption is at night when everything is quiet and sleeping, so what is running continuously?
We have a newly built house, moved in summer 2019. Our building services include underfloor heating (air-to-water heat pump), controlled mechanical ventilation (runs at full power 3 times a day for 2 hours each, then reduced), a photovoltaic system, and otherwise the usual nighttime appliances (phone charger plugged into USB outlet, e-bikes charging occasionally, 2 TVs on standby, Alexas on standby, etc.).
At night, we have a continuous consumption of about 232W (with ventilation running at reduced power and when the heat pump is not producing). I can see this in the app for the photovoltaic system. From 0:00 to 6:30 a.m. we consume about 2.8 kWh.
How about you?
Best regards
nordanney schrieb:
If you’re okay with it, that’s fine. Still, you must have some high-power devices somewhere to generate that electricity consumption. 4,500 kWh per year just for “technology”? And not even particularly advanced technology. 12 kWh per day only for servers and accessories is intense. If everything runs 24/7 (and, for example, the data server, TV server, the VMs, etc. shouldn’t all be running constantly—or are you all online 24/7?), that’s over 500 W continuous power. Intense!
Even more intense is what you use for the rest—6,500 kWh.
Sorry, I just want to understand how someone can waste that much electricity. Well, what counts as “not special” is subjective...
Not everything has to run constantly, but if a recording starts, it has to be stored somewhere.
I’m not a fan of shutting VMs up and down; after all, server hardware is designed to run 24/7.
And yeah, the consumption is definitely high or excessive, but I’m fine with it—I pay for it and it doesn’t bother me.
I don’t get upset about people who spend around €2,500 per year on smoking (about one pack per day).
The consumption will probably even increase next year once the heated pool and sauna start operating.
So much technology in a modern house means heating output that has to be actively cooled; otherwise, you end up with sauna-like temperatures inside. Does the gas heater ever actually turn on? The entire heating/cooling/electricity consumption system should be reconsidered.
Only the utility room is heated and is not actively cooled; the rest of the house maintains normal temperatures. No ventilation is needed here. Electricity remains as is, and the gas heating plus hot water costs 50€ (approximately 55 USD) in advance payments (with annual settlement).
Dogma schrieb:
1x Kodi media center, 3x regular desktop PCs (GPU server -> HDMI to dual RJ45 -> dual RJ45 to HDMI -> monitor in the room where you want to work, plus mouse and keyboard.
Remaining VMs: data server, audio server for AirPlay, web server for home automation, CAD VM only This sounds less like a need and more like a want. All of that could be replaced with a NAS + Raspberry Pi + laptop + possibly a workstation? For less investment and maintenance?
Not an IT specialist
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