How much does it cost to power a 3/4 scale home arcade?
252I used a Kill-A-Watt to measure the output from each of my 3/4 scale arcade cabinets (16 total), plus my pedestal multicade and LED room lights. I took that total and calculated hourly, daily, and monthly costs to run everything in the room. Hopefully these numbers help when you're planning how you run your own home arcade.
16 cabinets only:
$0.02834 per hour
$0.68 per day
$20.40 per month
Everything (all cabinets, multicade, and LED lights):
$0.04584 per hour
$1.10 per day
$33 per month
You can calculate your costs using sites like these:
Electricity rates: https://www.electricitylocal.com/
Watts to kWh calculator: https://www.rapidtables.com/calc/electric/watt-to-kwh-calculator.html
Wattage measurements by device:
AtGames Legends Pinball = 39.3
Ms Pac-Man = 14.8
Namco Legacy = 15.6
Atari Legacy = 16.2
Golden Tee = 17.3
Big Blue = 16.1
Midway Legacy = 14.0
Marvel vs Capcom = 14.7
Star Wars = 15.0
Galaga = 8.7
MVSX = 19.8
Tron = 23.5
Class of 1981 = 15.5
Big Buck World = 17.2
Outrun = 15.9
iiRcade RetroMania Wrestling = 19.8
LED Lights = 20.0
Multicade (Core i5, GTX970, 40" monitor, 24" marquee monitor) = 155
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