How about breaking it down to what it is. 0.3 kWh is a 300 watt device plugged in for 1 hour.direkiller said:It's your understanding of the units.medv4380 said:I can't agree with the study because it sets the upper bound electrical usages for a single Gigabyte at 1 kWh for the server room. That's dedicating an entire server to just one single solitary download. At least they set the lower bound at 0.
They also set the minimum energy cost of my router at 0.3 kWh or 300 Wh. I can get 1 Gigabyte in 15 minutes as congestion permits. Do they think that my router takes 1200 watts? Even my PS3 might only be 200 watts when it's really working, but just doing an idle background download it's going to be a lot lower, and lower still if I had a slim.
Something's not right with their numbers.
A KWH is a measurement of energy not of work. So convert it to joules if you are having a hard time understanding it.
A KWH is 3.6 Megajoules
It breaks down to
X * 15 mins = 0.3 kWh
X would be a 1200 watt device.
My router doesn't eat that much power, but that's what their numbers are saying.
My understanding of the units is fine. Your "joules" just muddies the water.