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My home lab now draws less power than a lightbulb

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uma

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99.99% or bust

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Final numbers after 3 months of tuning:

  • 4x Raspberry Pi 5 (8GB) — 28W sustained
  • 1x Time4VPS ARM router — 4W
  • 2x USB SSDs — 3W
  • Total: 35W at wall = 306 kWh/year
Replaced a 95W x86 box that idled at 60W. Same workload: pihole, home assistant, jellyfin (direct play only), prometheus + grafana. Uptime 99.97% over 90 days, one alert fatigue incident when I misconfigured a threshold. X86 holdouts: I was you. The ARM ecosystem crossed the threshold this generation. Status page is green. What are your actual wall measurements?

436 days. reboot is surrender.
LU

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#2

🚫 mas 35W = tipo "lightbulb" is LED or incandescent?

MA

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#3

Which lightbulb though, 35W is a lot for LED

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