I wonder if my system is good or bad. My server needs 0.1kWh.

  • @d_k_bo@feddit.orgEnglish
    17•4 months ago

    It’s the other way around. 0.1 kWh means 0.1 kW times 1 h. So if your device draws 0.1 kW (100 W) of power for an hour, it consumes 0.1 kWh of energy. If your device factory draws 360 000 W for a second, it consumes the same amount of 0.1 kWh of energy.

    • @GravitySpoiled@lemmy.mlOPEnglish
      -3•4 months ago

      Thank you for explaining it.

      My computer uses 1kwh per hour.

      It does not yet make sense to me. It just feels wrong. I understand that you may normalize 4W in 15 minutes to 16Wh because it would use 16W per hour if it would run that long.

      Why can’t you simply assume that I mean 1kWh per hour when I say 1kWh? And not 1kWh per 15 minutes.