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Raspberry Pi power consumption
Daedroth
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I've been thinking about getting a Raspberry Pi to become a downloader/smart TV solution, given it's low price and low power consumption. Can anyone tell me how much power it will actually consume if plugged in and downloading via Ethernet? I don't understand all the power statistics that I've found on the Internet as they confuse me.
Can anyone tell me what the costs could be, or what the power consumption is compared to other electrical devices, such as a light bulb, router, homeplugs, etc?
Also, what's the normal power consumption for homeplugs and a normal router?
Can anyone tell me what the costs could be, or what the power consumption is compared to other electrical devices, such as a light bulb, router, homeplugs, etc?
Also, what's the normal power consumption for homeplugs and a normal router?
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I have a Pi running 24/7 as a SqueezeServer (Logitech Media Server). It isn't making any noticable impact on my electricity bill (especially after the cold spring in the UK).
but using the 200mA figure @5V you are looking at 1W. less than a tv on standby. 100th the power of a desktop.
about £1.50 a year.
I will be interested to hear how you get on if you decide to go for it, particularly in respect of programming it for those functions.
You don't have to program it for those functions. It runs Linux, just, you know, Google iPlayer. Install xmbc, whatever you would do with your computer.
I have enjoyed reading your website.
I plan on using the default operating system that is recommended (Raspian, a derivative of Debian). I will install iPlayer, XMBC and a torrent client as a basic host downloader, such as jDownloader (or an alternative as jDownloader requires Java). I don't know when I will be buying this, as funds are low at the moment.