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Pre-Release | Power Consumption

There a couple people were wondering about avg. power consumption on a glowforge. I did a sample cut on non-proofgrade cedar (1/4") and metered the process. Now, this is a moving target. This is equal to trying figure out the exact amount of prints you can get from a ink jet cartridge. There are a lot of variables. With that said this is a ‘rough average’ of what the consumption ‘could’ be like. And the usual disclaimer about the fact this is a pre-release and the final could be different goe…

Pre-Release | Power Consumption

Small update. Total usage from Dec 22, 2016 thru June 22, 2017 was 62.2kWh. [image]

Worried about electric bill

[image] Since Jan 9th of this year. The Glowforge has used 36.7kWh. (At the time of the screenshot the unit was/is in use)