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[-] irmadlad@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

A realistic Pi 4B-only estimate is about A$8–A$12 per year in electricity

That's about what I calculated for my locale. Roughly $0.30–$0.85 per month, around $0.48/month at 4 W. Which is remarkable especially given what you can run on one.

[-] SuspiciousCarrot78@aussie.zone 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Agree. I know the Pi's are out of favour these days...but they are a cool little machine. I got mine running DietPi and a bunch o crap (the usuals - JF, arr stack, pi hole, syncthing, yadda yadda) and running headless the footprint (power and memory wise) is tiny.

I joked about the 4xAA batteries thing but iirc, there is actually a Pi-HAT that creates a micro UPS that'll run the pi for maybe three to five hours just on double A batteries.

Edit: yep

https://pimodules.com/product/ups-pico-hv4-0-advanced

or more sensibly

https://littlebirdelectronics.com.au/collections/raspberry-pi-power-hats/products/raspberry-pi-ups-hat

[-] irmadlad@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

I've got a drawer full of various models I've picked up here and there, mostly used that people were selling. I stumbled across a yard sale once where a guy and his son were selling a lot of computer equipment to raise money for his son to get some newer stuff for college. There was a whole box of them, maybe 10+ and I paid $100 for all of them. I use them from time to time for different projects. Good little learning boards.

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