they're closed until the morning. and i'm going to get back to work and finish the html frontend before i stop to eat.

the fan is not here yet, but i've got some stats on what's running, anyways:

bathroom fan: 0.07 kwh/hr
laptop + modem + lights: 0.08 kwh/hr  (before turning devices off in dev mgr)
desktop fan: 0.09 kwh/hr

the only other thing running is the fridge, which i think is about 0.01.

so,

bathroom fan is 0.06*24*30 =  43.2 kwh
laptop + modem + lights is 0.07*24*30 =  50.4 kwh
desktop fan is .08*24*30 = 57.6 kwh

together, that's 151.2 kwh. my bills have been in the 160-190 kwh range, which would also include cooking and laundry. of course, the bathroom fan has been off here and there, while the computers have generally been off when i'm out, but the desktop fan has been on non-stop.

i was able to get monday close to 0.30 at off peak rates (although it was close to 0.50 at on peak rates). doing the math gets me close enough, and that's with the desktop fan on.

i want to do some more careful calculations. how much is just the modem + fan? how much is just the lights (in this room) + fan? laptop + fan? i'm confident about the fan, itself, so i should get some good estimates and be able to figure out what's worth shutting off and what isn't.

i might guess that it's something like the following to run each 24/7:

lights: 0.01 ----> 7.2----->$0.69
modem: 0.02 -----> 14.4---->$1.37
laptop: 0.04 -----> 28.8----> $2.73

....meaning i should probably be less neurotic about the time of day they're on and just turn them off when i'm not using them.

if i can take 50-70 out for this month by just keeping the fan off and the general usage down, i should offset the increase, at least.

the key point is that i can't be haphazard anymore.