Air purifier is gonna use a lot more energy than just a small speaker. The energy cost swamps everything long term

rootusrootus 6 hours ago | parent | next [-]

If you want the better sound but don't care about the purifier, then get a DOHM sound machine. It uses a fan and sound great, and I'd guess the energy consumption is pretty trivial.

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paimapi 10 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

this feels like a 'dose makes the poison' scenario. you're talking about maybe $10 of difference annually if both were run continuously. and that's only if you bought an inefficient air purifier - if you elected to use, for eg, four Arctic P14 PSTs in a CR box then that's maybe double the kWh. this ends up being a couple of bucks more annually for the added benefit of having better air quality

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brokensegue 9 hours ago | parent [-]

I think $10 is too low an estimate.

	▲	jefftk 5 hours ago \| parent [-]
		An AirFanta 3Pro on low (2) is 5W, which is $10 on average (but more like $15 in high $/kWh places like MA and CA).

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snarfy 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

swamps everything except for the health benefits

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boruahpriyanuj2 10 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

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