If anyone are interested i captured the power consumption with home assistant every second during 2hous PLA print.
The P1S the first 30-60 seconds draw 850W and later go down to 30-50-70W aprox, see the images
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First short burst is inrush powering up the machine although 30 - 60 seconds is quite long.
First burts is bed heating and little preheat of hotend it’s 15-30 seconds maximum.
Another capture from todays print (it’s 15-20 seconds).
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All are captured in 220v AC.
I see in all prints the power consumption with my P1S with PLA is 0.85Kw/h (0.15€ hour ± in my country).
I my country, it’s $0.30, I might buy a smart plug
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Out of curiosity… I have recently started using my printer daily (I have just one printer). How much does that raise your monthly electric usage? I am in Texas, and of course, in the Summer there’s a lot more electricity use for the A/C, but I am wondering if the daily use of the printer is having a big impact.
Thanks