3D printing cost to operate.

[Stiggie]

Has anyone done the math's on electricity usage when 3d Printing. It bothers me that I may be using a lot when printing.
I am busy with a major hobby project which will have me printing for sometime, everyday and while we not load shedding.
All I can find is American articles or video and it's costs next to nothing for them. My Ender 3 V3 SE seems to show 307 (Volts or watts not sure) continuously on the meter reader while I'm printing.

 

[ScuBaLlama]

I have a few Ender 3v2 printers running off and on. The Power supply is a 350w unit @ 24v.

Average consumption is around 50 - 120w per hour printing PLA @ Bed 50c and Nozzle 200c

If you are working on 120w per hour @ R3.30 per kWh (My Eskom cost) you'll be looking at a running cost of about 40c per hour or around R3500 printing 24/7 for a year.