JeffersLos Posted Thursday at 03:18 PM Share Posted Thursday at 03:18 PM I like playing a farming game on poki. The longer it is open online the more money you get to harvest and gets seeds. Leaving the computer on overnight with the monitor plugged out would work well for this. What is the approximate cost of leaving a computer running with a farming game webpage open, but the computer monitor plugged out be, for around 10 hours overnight? The electrical payrate is direct to the government. The last bill inc all taxes etc divided by the number of units used equals 4.68 baht per unit. I don't think there are off peak and on peak rates. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharlieH Posted Thursday at 03:23 PM Share Posted Thursday at 03:23 PM MOVED to Electrical forum 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Carter icp Posted Thursday at 04:31 PM Share Posted Thursday at 04:31 PM Look at your electric meter before you go to bed, then look at it again when you wake up, see how much electric yo have used then calculate the cost 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffersLos Posted Thursday at 04:49 PM Author Share Posted Thursday at 04:49 PM 15 minutes ago, Nick Carter icp said: Look at your electric meter before you go to bed, then look at it again when you wake up, see how much electric yo have used then calculate the cost So a big bundle of computer, fridges, fans and aircons. Great. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Carter icp Posted Thursday at 05:24 PM Share Posted Thursday at 05:24 PM 33 minutes ago, JeffersLos said: So a big bundle of computer, fridges, fans and aircons. Great. Take a reading one night without the computer on and then take a reading the next day with the computer on and see what the difference is 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffersLos Posted Thursday at 05:32 PM Author Share Posted Thursday at 05:32 PM 5 minutes ago, Nick Carter icp said: Take a reading one night without the computer on and then take a reading the next day with the computer on and see what the difference is Bundled in with the different aircon and fan usage from different family members in different rooms....... Silly idea. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post OneMoreFarang Posted Thursday at 05:46 PM Popular Post Share Posted Thursday at 05:46 PM The cost will depend a lot on the kind of game and your computer. Harmless game, "normal" computer, a few hundred THB per month. 3D game, and you have a powerful graphics card (even with the computer off), can use 10 times as much power. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soi3eddie Posted Thursday at 06:29 PM Share Posted Thursday at 06:29 PM I agree with @OneMoreFarang. It really depends on the power of the computer, namely processing power needed and graphics card (if that is used in the farming game) regardless of whether monitor is on or not. I'm currently in the UK and just moved to a new flat. Got a "smart meter" installed. Really useful to see what appliances use most power. Laptops and chargers hardly use any. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
London Lowf Posted Thursday at 07:25 PM Share Posted Thursday at 07:25 PM (edited) Look for a label on the back of your computer - I'm assuming a desktop - and it should state the rated maximum power consumption in Watts. Multiply by ten (hours) and divide by 1,000 to find Kilowatt Hours (i.e. units) maximum consumption. My laptop does not have this info, but the mains adaptor is rated at 150W output, so 1.5 units for ten hours - maximum. Peanuts! Edited Thursday at 07:26 PM by London Lowf 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Crossy Posted Thursday at 10:58 PM Popular Post Share Posted Thursday at 10:58 PM There are loads of plug-in energy meters on Lazada, plug into the wall, plug your computer into it, read power. Many also will measure kWh over time, so just run it overnight. Once you have the energy usage multiply by the average price per kWh (calculate it from your last bill) and you will know the answer. One of many on Lazada: - https://www.lazada.co.th/products/lcd-wattmeter-220v-110v-ac-power-meter-us-eu-plug-power-i5166193555-s21876177224.html 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post OneMoreFarang Posted Thursday at 11:10 PM Popular Post Share Posted Thursday at 11:10 PM 3 hours ago, London Lowf said: Look for a label on the back of your computer - I'm assuming a desktop - and it should state the rated maximum power consumption in Watts. Multiply by ten (hours) and divide by 1,000 to find Kilowatt Hours (i.e. units) maximum consumption. My laptop does not have this info, but the mains adaptor is rated at 150W output, so 1.5 units for ten hours - maximum. Peanuts! Many desktop PCs have power supplies with 800W labels and more. And if a computer runs on 100% CPU and 100% GPU (Graphic), it might consume such power. While I am typing this my PC uses less than 10% CPU and less than 1% GPU and for that reason it obviously uses a lot less than maximum. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2baht Posted Thursday at 11:11 PM Share Posted Thursday at 11:11 PM 5 hours ago, JeffersLos said: Silly idea. Yes it is! If you want the computer on all night, leave it on all night! Think about it, all those seeds to harvest! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steven100 Posted Thursday at 11:22 PM Share Posted Thursday at 11:22 PM 8 hours ago, JeffersLos said: I like playing a farming game on poki. The longer it is open online the more money you get to harvest and gets seeds. Leaving the computer on overnight with the monitor plugged out would work well for this. What is the approximate cost of leaving a computer running with a farming game webpage open, but the computer monitor plugged out be, for around 10 hours overnight? The electrical payrate is direct to the government. The last bill inc all taxes etc divided by the number of units used equals 4.68 baht per unit. I don't think there are off peak and on peak rates. Thanks. not sure why you did this topic as I had a similar Topic running two days ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlyai Posted Friday at 12:10 AM Share Posted Friday at 12:10 AM 1 hour ago, Crossy said: There are loads of plug-in energy meters on Lazada, plug into the wall, plug your computer into it, read power. Many also will measure kWh over time, so just run it overnight. Once you have the energy usage multiply by the average price per kWh (calculate it from your last bill) and you will know the answer. One of many on Lazada: - https://www.lazada.co.th/products/lcd-wattmeter-220v-110v-ac-power-meter-us-eu-plug-power-i5166193555-s21876177224.html Not sure if it makes much difference, maybe just signage, but I bought one ages ago from Lazada and on closer looking it was rated at 60 Hz, not 50 or 60 but 60. If buying check that it's 50 Hz. (I bought mine to adjust the frequency of my genset, so the rating was important.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffersLos Posted Friday at 12:11 AM Author Share Posted Friday at 12:11 AM 1 hour ago, Crossy said: There are loads of plug-in energy meters on Lazada, plug into the wall, plug your computer into it, read power. Many also will measure kWh over time, so just run it overnight. Once you have the energy usage multiply by the average price per kWh (calculate it from your last bill) and you will know the answer. One of many on Lazada: - https://www.lazada.co.th/products/lcd-wattmeter-220v-110v-ac-power-meter-us-eu-plug-power-i5166193555-s21876177224.html That looks good. I don't suppose there's any such one that also does aircons? As they're direct into the mains and not plugged in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crossy Posted Friday at 12:16 AM Share Posted Friday at 12:16 AM 3 minutes ago, JeffersLos said: That looks good. I don't suppose there's any such one that also does aircons? As they're direct into the mains and not plugged in. It's a bit more complex as you have to get at the wiring, but one of these would do the trick, get the one with the split CT for ease of use. https://www.lazada.co.th/products/kws-ac300-digital-6-in-1-color-screen-power-meter-home-power-meter-ac-220v-i4513109664-s18310047779.html 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ravip Posted Friday at 12:18 AM Share Posted Friday at 12:18 AM 1 hour ago, Crossy said: There are loads of plug-in energy meters on Lazada, plug into the wall, plug your computer into it, read power. Many also will measure kWh over time, so just run it overnight. Once you have the energy usage multiply by the average price per kWh (calculate it from your last bill) and you will know the answer. One of many on Lazada: - https://www.lazada.co.th/products/lcd-wattmeter-220v-110v-ac-power-meter-us-eu-plug-power-i5166193555-s21876177224.html Are these adaptors included with the product? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crossy Posted Friday at 12:23 AM Share Posted Friday at 12:23 AM 3 minutes ago, ravip said: Are these adaptors included with the product? Nah, that's just a blanket image, you can choose US plug/outlet or EU (Shuko) plug/outlet. Evidently the same unit is available with Aussie and UK plugs too, just not from that seller. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KhunBENQ Posted Friday at 02:05 AM Share Posted Friday at 02:05 AM (edited) A typical household PC has a power adapter of no more than 400 W. Can you check what you have? So theoretical worst case 12 hours at 0.4 kW is 4.8 kWh. Average price like 5.4 Baht/kWh results im 26 Baht. Practically it should be much less like 50%? If you hear the fans loud on high speed you are closer to the theoretical limit. It's running on Windows? If so start task manager and see what the average CPU load is. Edited Friday at 02:09 AM by KhunBENQ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gargamon Posted Friday at 02:18 AM Share Posted Friday at 02:18 AM It's all got to do with what the computer is doing over night. If it merely has to have the game open and nothing major is going on then it wouldn't be much. Are you running an SSD or regular hard drive? If it's a hard drive and the game continually uses it then it will cost more. Some bios's allow you to set whether you can run at a lower clock speed when not needing lots of processing power. You can likely let it run at the most efficient mode rather than the highest performance setting. Turn off overclocking if it's on. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PJHassselt Posted Friday at 06:32 PM Share Posted Friday at 06:32 PM 18 hours ago, Crossy said: It's a bit more complex as you have to get at the wiring, but one of these would do the trick, get the one with the split CT for ease of use. https://www.lazada.co.th/products/kws-ac300-digital-6-in-1-color-screen-power-meter-home-power-meter-ac-220v-i4513109664-s18310047779.html I have a few of these. They give nice information. It looks good, and they are accurate enough. But..... From the eight I have in use, Three stopped working already (Within 1 year, the display remains black) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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