Breaking Down my Smart Home's Power Consumption — And How I Cut Over £300 a Year!

In today's video we'll take a look at how much my smart home's rack costs to run. We'll break down the power consumption of all the devices and talk about some ways I could reduce it, we'll then work out how much it all costs to run and then finally take a look at how I'm using a smart energy tariff to reduce the cost by over £300 a year! Support my Channel on Patreon & Buy Me a Coffee: https://www.camerongray.me/support Octoprice Compare (Octopus Energy Tariff Comparison): https://www.octopriceuk.app/compare https://www.camerongray.me/ https://instagram.com/camerongray1515 https://bsky.app/profile/camerongray.me Chapters: 00:00 - Introduction 00:36 - How I'm going to measure everything 01:59 - Network hardware power consumption 04:02 - PoE device power consumption 09:18 - Power consumption of servers 21:38 - Multi-room audio system power consumption 28:15 - How much consumption does a UPS add? 33:08 - Final Breakdown 34:07 - How much does it cost? 34:32 - How I save over £300/year 37:42 - Solar PV & Future Plans 39:20 - Conclusion *AFFILIATE LINKS NOTICE:* Product links under this video marked “(Affiliate)” are affiliate links where I may receive a small commission on qualifying sales. Affiliate programs that I am a member of include, _but are not limited to:_ Amazon Associates, eBay Partner Network and AliExpress Affiliates. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Purchasing through these affiliate links will not cost you any more money, however the commission earned significantly helps fund the production of videos on my channel.