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[–] unsignedint@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

That’s great, does your estimate include the electricity costs as well?

[–] Boozilla@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

No, that's a good point. But I have not noticed a significant increase in my monthly utilization.

[–] unsignedint@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago
[–] CalcProgrammer1@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

I would assume electricity costs are minimal for resin printers. I haven't measured mine, but the only major power consumers in a resin printer are the Z axis motor and the UV LED. The UV LED isn't continuously on and the Z axis doesn't do a ton of movement. Compared to an FDM printer that is constantly running two heating elements and moving a heavy hotend all over the place, the power consumption should be a tiny fraction.