[jimmaswell]

> With the power supplies of this era, this pair of devices probably pumps 16w idle. Running 24/24 7/7, they probably consume as much as a small fridge as a whole. The LCA of the solution must be consterning as well, especially compared with few one dollard microcontrollers.

At the average cost of electric in the USA this amounts to under $2/month. Seems negligible to me?

https://www.wolframalpha.com/input?i=16+watts+*+24+hours+*+3...

[mindslight]

For a device with so little functionality and non-critical functionality at that, I wouldn't call $24/year negligible. My whole home Ryzen router/server idles around there. Honestly I'd bet the fuse was missing because the last tenant was an engineer, investigated this thing themselves, found it a useless waste, and pulled it.

[israrkhan]

$2 is median daily wage for several countries. Negligible in US but not everywhere

source: https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/daily-median-income

[rrix2]

I don't think places like that have folks in new construction with Ethernet and Android tablets in the wall. TFA uses GBP as the currency in the images.

[0x457]

Yes, but those countries also have different energy cost.

[PH95VuimJjqBqy]

you must be fun at parties.

[bdavbdav]

Still cheap, but the cost per KWH in UK is at least twice the average in the US.

[seb1204]

Please send me 2$/month if you don't mind.

[NavinF]

Sure no problem. Just power my 16w tablet in exchange. That's what this thread is about: A tiny cost for a tiny convenience.