My (rough) monthly cost of folding.

[Counter-Strike Player]

So I was curious and pulled some rough figures from the wall (aka my UPS output) and came up with a rough calculation. All things considered equal (which they're likely NOT considering I do occasional gaming anyway and didn't factor that in), it costs me $15.42 more than my average energy cost per month to fold 24/7. That's $185 per year in folding expenses alone. This is still very cheap though, since I have the luxury of living close (not that close #Fukushima) to a nuclear plant and have cheap rates of ~$0.075 per kWh during non-peak energy months. If you're interested in the calculation, here it is lel:

(((0.510*15+0.405*9)(243.25*0.07393+122*0.08671))/12)-(((0.240*15+0.135*9)(243.25*0.07393+122*0.08671))/12) = ~$15.42

This is before taxes too. Brownie points awarded to those who can decipher the values or correct me (as I'm probably wrong anyway.) Have fun 

#algebra1LearnedInJuniorHighSchool :lol:

[thekeemo]

just me or do these seem like an inefficent way to calculate

[Counter-Strike Player]

just me or do these seem like an inefficent way to calculate

 

Actually you're right. The expression can be reduced to the following:

(1/12)(((0.510*15+0.405*9)(243.25*0.07393+122*0.08671))-((0.240*15+0.135*9)(243.25*0.07393+122*0.08671)))

Dem factorizations doe...

[thekeemo]

Actually you're right. The expression can be reduced to the following:

(1/12)(((0.510*15+0.405*9)(243.25*0.07393+122*0.08671))-((0.240*15+0.135*9)(243.25*0.07393+122*0.08671)))

Dem factorizations doe...

even more so (cost per kWh* usage in kwh*24*30.5)

[Counter-Strike Player]

30.5

 

30.5 would be off because you need to take into account the prime rate for energy peak months. That's a slightly higher cost per kWh number. If you average it out over a year it's better, also taking into account a 0.25 leap day 

[thekeemo]

30.5 would be off because you need to take into account the prime rate for energy peak months. That's a slightly higher cost per kWh number. If you average it out over a year it's better, also taking into account a 0.25 leap day 

i have a fixed rate year round which is lower than it would be at peak times but higher than what it would be on off peak

[Whaler_99]

Ya, we have three fixed rates here, off-peak, mid and on-peak that also switch up every six months to coincide with the season. I figure... it's all for a good cause. If you just running a system or two, it shouldn't break the bank... that much.