Pinball Costs - Electricity Use on Standby

[DRD]

A couple of years ago I investigated how much electricity my pinball machines consumed when left on at the wall socket, but turned off with the undercab switch.

Given the increase in the electricity price cap to 28p per kWh, I thought a re-posting might be useful ...

My games at the time were consuming current as follows:

Williams
Scared Stiff: 0.078a
Funhouse: 0.033a
Addams, Banzai, Fish Tales and Transporter: 0.015a
TZ and Whirlwind: 0.014a

Bally
Centaur, Fathom, Paragon: 0

Stern
ACDC: 0

Gottlieb
Genie: 0.015a

The total current draw was 0.214a. Over the course of a year ...0.214a = 51.36W , per day = 1.23 kWh, per year = 450 kWh. As electricity now costs around 28p per kWh, total pinball standby cost for these 13 titles = £125 or so.

 

[Deleted member 2463]

hmm, I measured my KASA wifi plugs and they only use 8kWh per year assuming they are on all the time, in my shed the games are more off than on! x30 though and its a round of beers !

 

[russdx1]

You ever plugged a KASA wifi into another KASA wifi plug to see how much current it draws lol

 

[Epotech]

I'd expect my Fathom to draw more than my modern games.