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Default Computing electric costs

Edwin Pawlowski wrote:

Multiply the watts of power consumed (at any voltage, it does not matter)
time the kW rate your utility is charging.


NO! Multiply watts of power by hours to get kilowatt hours of energy!

2000 watts (2 kW) at .15 kW = 30¢ per hour


Learn the difference between power and energy!

Nick