or simply ignore it, like you have done until now
this would be the obvious choice.. why instigate trouble for oneself? like i said- tho thinking and reading and stuff may not be my strongest quality- i dont pay for electricity but maybe i am i dont realize except that i receive no electric bill so hummfph this is tricky one indeed...
nonetheless, why should i go ahead and instigate a discussion on power costs? is there some kind of twisted virtue hidden in this, like giving away money before its been asked for? perhaps in some kind of charitable sense, though considering our relative fortunes, i would think the reverse should be more likely..
edit: wow this conversation devolved.. i apologize if i am coming off as aggressive, but i dont really see why so many people are trying to insinuate themselves into my electric situation. i agree the neighbor thing is in a moral gray area, but moving forward i plan to resolve this anyway
People ask about this because plugging in a bunch of miners uses quite a bit of electricity. A lot of people claim they have free electricity because it's included in the rent. Just because you as the tenant aren't paying for it, the landlord set up the price of rent to include the electric based upon a fair and expected usage. He probably looked at the historical usage of the property and based his decision on that.
When you introduce mining equipment into the picture, you can no longer be considered using a "fair and expected" amount of electricity. You could likely get away with a couple U3s or maybe even a single S3/S5... but you're talking about adding many kW of additional power draw to the system. In addition to your own, you're also scavenging your neighbor's power, making him an unknowing participant in your ventures.
Whatever the case, somebody at some point is absolutely going to notice the fact that their power bill has gone up significantly - by 4kW for you and 2kW for your neighbor. Assuming you get decent pricing on your electricity of $0.10 all in, that's $438 a month.
