[time-nuts] Lady Heather on a Laptop

Chris Albertson albertson.chris at gmail.com
Fri Sep 28 00:43:14 UTC 2012


On Thu, Sep 27, 2012 at 3:10 PM, Charles P. Steinmetz
<charles_steinmetz at lavabit.com> wrote:
> Chris wrote:
>
>> After some measuring my general run of thumb is "Anything you
>> leave plugged in and running 24x7 will cost you triple digits of
>> dollars (at least) over a year
>
>
> Well, that's a lot of "anything."

Maybe I should write "anything you'd likely want to measure.  I did
not measure the cell phone charger or the LED night light.

The real point was that a 24x7 load adds up.

The rates here are high but I do know one person who actually had a
negative bill where they credited his accout some small amount.  He
has a lot of solar panels on his roof.  So you can buy the rates down
a little.

The rates here are tiered.  Some one who uses very little power pays a
low per KW rate.  As you pass certain thresholds the rate goes up.

Chris Albertson
Redondo Beach, California




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