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Watching Cable TV on My iMac
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<blockquote data-quote="pigoo3" data-source="post: 1471357" data-attributes="member: 56379"><p>I can certainly understand this...I'm sure your iMac uses less energy than a large TV.</p><p></p><p>But just for conversations sake...lets do some calculations. I looked up Portland, Oregon electricity rates...and the peak rate is 13.266 cents/kWh. I don't know how many watts your TV uses...but let's assume a fairly high number such as 500 watts.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.portlandgeneral.com/residential/your_account/billing_payment/time_of_use/pricing.aspx" target="_blank">Time Of Use: Pricing | PGE</a></p><p></p><p>Now...if we make a REALLY conservative calculation...and use the:</p><p></p><p>- peak electricity rate of 13.266 cents/kWh</p><p>- the TV consumes 500 watts</p><p>- and the TV is on 24hours/day</p><p></p><p>If we did this calculation...it works outs to be $49.35/month. Like I said this is a VERY conservative calculation...since:</p><p></p><p>- Your TV may not consume 500 watts</p><p>- You're not always being charged the peak electricity rate of 13.266cents/kWh (the mid-peak rate is 7.500cents/kWh & Off-peak rate is only 4.422cents/kWh)</p><p>- You're certainly not leaving your TV on 24hours/day...for a full 31 day month.</p><p></p><p>So if the worst case scenario is $49.35/month...I'm thinking a more realistic calculation is probably more like:</p><p></p><p>- TV consumes 400 watts</p><p>- TV is on for 12 hours/day</p><p>- Average electricity charge is more like 10cents/kWh)</p><p></p><p>This would work out to be about $14.88/month electricity charge to use your TV (not a lot of savings in the big scheme of things).<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>These are certainly some nice benefits of using the iMac. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>- Nick</p><p></p><p>p.s. Of course even my more "realistic" calculation may be over-estimated...thus the monthly electricity charge for just the TV may even be lower than $14.88/month.<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pigoo3, post: 1471357, member: 56379"] I can certainly understand this...I'm sure your iMac uses less energy than a large TV. But just for conversations sake...lets do some calculations. I looked up Portland, Oregon electricity rates...and the peak rate is 13.266 cents/kWh. I don't know how many watts your TV uses...but let's assume a fairly high number such as 500 watts. [url=http://www.portlandgeneral.com/residential/your_account/billing_payment/time_of_use/pricing.aspx]Time Of Use: Pricing | PGE[/url] Now...if we make a REALLY conservative calculation...and use the: - peak electricity rate of 13.266 cents/kWh - the TV consumes 500 watts - and the TV is on 24hours/day If we did this calculation...it works outs to be $49.35/month. Like I said this is a VERY conservative calculation...since: - Your TV may not consume 500 watts - You're not always being charged the peak electricity rate of 13.266cents/kWh (the mid-peak rate is 7.500cents/kWh & Off-peak rate is only 4.422cents/kWh) - You're certainly not leaving your TV on 24hours/day...for a full 31 day month. So if the worst case scenario is $49.35/month...I'm thinking a more realistic calculation is probably more like: - TV consumes 400 watts - TV is on for 12 hours/day - Average electricity charge is more like 10cents/kWh) This would work out to be about $14.88/month electricity charge to use your TV (not a lot of savings in the big scheme of things).;) These are certainly some nice benefits of using the iMac. :) - Nick p.s. Of course even my more "realistic" calculation may be over-estimated...thus the monthly electricity charge for just the TV may even be lower than $14.88/month.:) [/QUOTE]
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