Electric bill to high..............

[johnny5]

Ok guys, I'm running a few boxes doing Folding@Home. I notice( wife pointed it out,really) that my electric bill jumped $40 this month! I was thinking, my bill is based on how many kilo-watts I use,so just reduce that amount. I understand that a psu runs on either 110 or 220 volts. If I switch the psu to 220volts I'll be using more volts "BUT" less current, right? Less current means less watts = small electric bill. Am I on the right track here?

PS. I know I'll have to run a new 220 line to the computer room.....:)

[lechumbl]

Hi Johnny,

I think you should turn them all off. :D

Of course, that may be a little hopeful, on my part. :p

Take care........

[johnny5]

Hey, I gave you a chance, I had to move my computer room ( kids moved back home to have the baby) Had to relocate everything to accomodate the new arrival. I was down for 24 hours total. That's the only "break" I can give you :)


ps. keep on truck'n :yawn:

[mdzcpa]

That's good question about switching to 220. Anyone have the answer?

[WesM63]

hmm.. i always thought turnin that switch on the psu would mess shit up. but i guess that was on a 110 line, maybe 220 on a 220 line would be ok.. dunno thou.

[Synthohol]

your monitor(s) may not support 220v. plus its a different wall socket -- | good luck finding cords! as for KW usage, generally 220v devices can use less juice to operate per hour it depends on the device. before planning the conversion, check if your breaker box will support 220, you will need 2 loads and a neutral.
if there are 3 fat wires running into the panel chances are you can put a 220v breaker in it. dont run any wire thinner than 12/3 for fire protection. there are 4 wires total in the cable for 220. be carefull, 220 is solatta juice.

[spldart]

They charge you by the watt..
Your power supply or monitor will require the same wattage to run whatever the voltage.
E*I=W
What would happen is if you run a device that consumes 2 amps at 110 volts continous and you switch it to 220 operation it would drop to 1 amp consumption.
110*2=220
220*1=220.
The device still consumes 220 watts.
All devices are this way from you Home Reciever down to a light bulb.
60 watt bulb pulls about half an amp.
If you had a 220 60 watt bult it would only pull about a quarter amp.
Both will still be charged for .006kwh (hope I got the decimal in the right place :eek:

[spldart]

PS: you either need a device equiped for switch voltage operation or to do heavy modification yourself in order to go from 110 to 220 or visa versa. But It wont help your power bill.
There is only two reasons I can think of to have 220 operation.
One..Large appliances that require more than 1500 watts to operate...Outlets shouldn't go past 15 amps so you design it for 220 instead and you bring the current down to a reasonable level for outlets and wires carrying these high power levels.
Two...Large numbers of devices that will be going on one large circuit. Such as a large room full of an ish load of computers. Switch them to 220 power supply operation and it's much easier for the room to be equipped to handle it from an electricians point of view.

[4.6POWER]

yup... good answer :o