Payment Terminal & Retail Hardware worked example

Compliance Certification Load with certification rig connected load of 30 kW: a worked example

Push certification rig connected load up to 30 kW and the picture changes. This example computes every intermediate figure at that operating point. Use it when compliance certification load in payment terminal and retail hardware is up for an upgrade and you want a defensible savings story.

The inputs for this scenario

  • Certification rig connected load: 30 kW (raised for this scenario; the documented default is 12)
  • Certification test runtime: 8 hr (unchanged)
  • Blended electricity rate: 0.12 $ / kWh (unchanged)
  • Terminals processed during runtime: 1,000 units (unchanged)

Working through the calculation

  • Applying the documented formula (Total compliance certification load energy cost = compliance certification load connected load × compliance certification load runtime × blended electricity rate) to the inputs above produces each figure below.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 240 kWh for compliance certification load energy used, the number this scenario is built around.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 28.8 $ for total compliance certification load energy cost.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 0.03 $ / piece for energy cost per kwh.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 3.6 $ / hr for hourly compliance certification load energy cost.

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where certification rig connected load sits at 12 kW and the headline result is 96 kWh, this scenario comes in 150% above the baseline at 240 kWh.
  • It computes energy consumed (kWh) by certification test equipment, total energy cost, and the energy cost allocated per terminal processed. The value of this scenario is the size of the gap it exposes: that gap, priced out over a year, is the budget you can justify spending to close it.

Results at a glance

  • Compliance certification load energy used: 240 kWh (headline result)
  • Total compliance certification load energy cost: 28.8 $
  • Energy cost per kWh: 0.03 $ / piece
  • Hourly compliance certification load energy cost: 3.6 $ / hr

Run it with your numbers

  • Every input above is editable in the live Compliance Certification Load calculator, which recalculates instantly and can be shared with the inputs intact.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.