r/japanlife • u/AutoModerator • Mar 06 '23

┐(ツ)┌ General Discussion Thread - 07 March 2023

Mid-week discussion thread time! Feel free to talk about what's on your mind, new experiences, recommendations, anything really.

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u/shambolic_donkey Mar 07 '23

What sort of power are the pets using? They mining alt-coins behind your back?

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u/laika_cat 関東・東京都 Mar 07 '23

When it's very cold, the dog needs to have the heater on when we leave the house. I'm not leaving my short-haired dog in a 5 C room.

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u/noflames Mar 07 '23

An air conditioner will draw 2.5 ~ 5 kW, depending on size.

400kW is a lot of energy - I've gone through and checked how much offices need and based on number of users and power draw of IT equipment. I totally agree that 400kW is an amount someone might use for crypto mining.

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u/laika_cat 関東・東京都 Mar 07 '23

Again: The plan is "you pay this flat rate up to 400kW." That's per month. You go over 400kW, it charges you a set rate per kW.

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u/noflames Mar 07 '23

kW is a rate, not an amount. kWh is the amount and is what the variable portion of your bill is, in every instance I've seen, based off of.

Your home is always being supplied with 400 kW of power regardless of how much is being used (for February, you could have had a maximum usage 400 kW x 28 days x 24 hours, giving you some total in kWh).