Cost Of Running Electrical Appliances

[bobc1941]

How does one work out much an electrical appliance costs to run for example a cctv system with four cameras ?

[bobbinwales]

A think you need to know what the wattage is and what your suppliers charges per killowatthour. If you have the cameras allready and a smart metre you can test it

[barry1010]

The cost is negligible, certainly less than £50 a year, probably around £25.

[Hymie]

As a reasonable guess, each camera will consume around 10W with the DVR taking around 30-40W.

So over 24 hours the cctv system will consume around 2kWh which will cost around £0.35/day – or around £130 over a year of continuous operation.

I’m assuming that you do not leave a display permanently powered on, otherwise you could double the above numbers.

[barry1010]

Does anyone use that type of CCTV these days, Hymie? Mine doesn't use a DVR - it records to the cloud, and is motion activated so isn't running 24/7.
The cost of running the router is discounted from my calculations because I would have it for the internet regardless.

[Gizmonster]

Try this:

https://www.ukpower.co.uk/tools/running_costs_electricity

[Hymie]

There are thousands of them available on ebay – I would not trust the cloud to be a reliable connection/secure storage medium. Depending on recording image quality/frame rate, a four camera system data storage for a month will likely exceed 1TB (how much will this cost).

[barry1010]

My system is very secure, reliable and best of all I can access the cameras and recordings wherever I am. Picture quality is very good day and night. It’s been up and running for four or five years without problem. I can download recordings if I choose to. A relative of mine had his system connected to a pvr and the burglars took that as well.

[Hymie]

Obviously if you have a DVR ccty system, the DVR must be in a secure location.
Most have the facility to be connected to a router allowing remote access.

[bracknelson]

I can't tell you exactly how much it cost but I can tell you a way to find out how much it cost.

Multiply the wattage by the average number of hours the device is used per day. Let's say you use a 100-watt electric fan for 10 hours per day. Multiplying 100 watts by 10 hours will result in 1,000 watt-hours—that's how much your electric fan consumes in a day. Convert watt-hours to kilowatts.

[theprof]

Don't faff about with calculations. Plug the entire system into one of these after entering the cost per unit into the device:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Power-Monitors/b?ie=UTF8&node=1938287031

If you have separate plugs on the system, plug them all into a 4 or 6 way mains extension block and then plug that into the monitor before plugging the device into your wall socket.