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Simple - Multiply kwh by cost to find how much you spend per hour.



1.66*7.627=12.66082 cents per hour.

There's no way your computer is using 1.66KW, unless you have a built-in microwave or a coffee pot. If your computer has a 800watt power supply (big), and your monitor was rated at 300watt (big CRT), you could only pull down 1.1Kw/H and that's with everything maxed out. Unless you have a laser printer plugged in, and then it only goes up while you're printing.

Maybe there is a reset button or a calibration setting that is wrong.

A typical computer uses 250watts, a typical monitor uses 250 watts, a ink jet printer on standby uses less than 2 watts, so at $07.627/Kw/H it would use less than 4 cents per hour to run. Even less for a LCD monitor or an efficient system.



A good rule-of-thumb is that if you payed $0.11/Kw/H (average) it costs about a dollar each year per watt to run something 24/7. A 100w bulb running 24/7 would use $100/year to run.

Jello is correct. That seems very high for a computer, though. Not sure I believe the device you purchased is accurate. I believe Laptop computer uses a fraction of that.

You're only paying 7.6 cents a KWH?...I only wish our rates were that low!

Try using your sleep mode when not in use and do yourself a favor, turn it off when not in use for a period of time like when your asleep.