Energy · Glossary
Glossary
- Demand Charge
- A fee based on your highest peak power draw in a billing period, separate from total energy used.
- Kilowatt-Hour (kWh)
- The standard unit of electrical energy billing: one kilowatt of power drawn for one hour.
- kWh
- Kilowatt-hour - one kilowatt of power consumed for one hour. The unit your electricity company bills in.
- Performance per Watt
- A measure of how much mining work a device does for each watt of power it consumes.
- Phantom Load
- The small amount of electricity devices draw continuously even when switched off or idle.
- Thermal Output (BTU)
- The amount of heat a rig releases, measured in British Thermal Units per hour.
- Time-of-Use Rate
- An electricity pricing plan where the kWh price changes depending on the time of day or week.
- Undervolting
- Reducing the voltage supplied to a CPU or GPU so it runs cooler and uses less power.
- Wattage
- The rate at which an appliance consumes electrical power, measured in watts (W).