22:38:54 <QuickBASIC> I went over my power usage with a solar installer and he asked me how I was using so much power lol. He said that in all his years he hasn't seen usage as high as mine for a house smaller than twice the size of mine. I'm only idle mining on 3-4 computers.
22:40:19 <QuickBASIC> Does Monero mining really use _that_ much more power or should I attribute it to my proclivity of keeping my house a 70°F (21.1° C)?
22:41:50 <QuickBASIC> (Despite being having been winter here in FL, the AC stays on all year round.)
22:47:34 <nioc> my 3900X undervolted mining on all threads is 140w at the wall
22:49:02 <nioc> if I leave it to all it's automated stock settings it's significantly more
22:49:31 <QuickBASIC> I probably should measure the usage for each machine. It's probably not profitable.
22:50:05 <nioc> it helps with the heat up north  :)
22:51:48 <QuickBASIC> It's counterproductive here in FL. I never need to heat my house. I only turn on the furnace once a year to make sure that it works.
22:52:59 <QuickBASIC> Otherwise even if it's 50° F outside it stays about 75° inside without heat running at all.
22:56:00 <QuickBASIC> Luckily if I turn off my miners I can sell power back to the grid with net metering. Ironically because FL law requires them to pay retail rate, I'll make more money _not_ mining.
23:06:12 <merope> Depends on what that electricity price is
23:07:04 <merope> If you have very efficient ryzens and/or the electricity price is pretty low, then you will make a net profit mining
23:07:32 <merope> If it's pretty expensive, on the other hand, then yeah, you're better off just reselling it and buying xmr with that money
23:27:05 <QuickBASIC> It's hard to nail down the exact rate because there's fuel and non-fuel rates and the rate is higher over a specific usage of each. I pay between 0.03 USD and 0.088 USD per kWh.
23:28:03 <nioc> is that bottom line, all taxes?
23:28:10 <nioc> if so that is cheap
23:28:27 <QuickBASIC> I'm from the Pacific Northwest originally... I miss my 0.02 / kWh flat rate b/c I lived w/in 5 miles of hydro
23:28:57 <QuickBASIC> That's including taxes.
23:29:48 <QuickBASIC> That's the reason Google built a data center in the middle of nowhere Washington State. Because the power rates are so damn low.