Your District's Setup
Cart Deployment & Pricing
Cart count and unit pricing drive the 5-year TCO and payback math. Take-home % is derived from total devices minus (cart count × devices-per-cart).
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Calculating Your Impact Potential...
AC Adapter Cart vs USB-C Smart Cart — Procurement Decision
5-Year TCO & ROI: AC vs USB-C Charging Carts
Per-port annual operating cost hard drivers
Adapter replacement + IT support + energy waste + charging-attributable lifespan wear.
Teacher time tracked separately below.
AC
USB-C
Adapter replacement
$0.00
$0.00
IT support time
$0.00
$0.00
Energy waste
$0.00
$0.00
Device lifespan wear
$0.00
$0.00
Total per port/yr
$0.00
$0.00
You save / port / yr
$0.00
operating savings before capex
× 5 years per port
$0.00
× 0 ports
(0 carts × 0 devices)
$0
subtract cart capex
− Cart capex differential
(0 carts × $0 unit-price delta)
−$0
5-Year Net Savings (after capex)
$0
recovers in 0 mo
Additional time recapture (teacher hours, monetized)
$0
/yr ·
$0
over 5 yrs
Soft value — not included in the TCO headline. Sourced from the per-port teacher-time rate at loaded hourly wages.
AC Charging vs Centralized USB-C — District Impact
Per-device annual hidden cost hard drivers
Adapter replacement, IT support time, energy waste, charging-attributable lifespan wear.
Teacher class time tracked separately (not counted here).
AC
USB-C
Adapter replacement
$0.00
$0.00
IT support time
$0.00
$0.00
Energy waste
$0.00
$0.00
Device lifespan wear
$0.00
$0.00
Total per device/yr
$0.00
$0.00
You save / device / yr
$0.00
Multiply $0.00/device ×
0 devices × 5 years — headline below.
Annual Hidden Cost/Device $0
Annual IT Work-Days Lost 0 days
Annual Student Hours Lost 0 hrs
AC Adapters Lost Annually 0 Est. 0 over 5 years
Avg Device
Lifespan Lost 0
yrs
Annual
Instructional Time Lost
0 hrs
Combined 5-Year Net Savings
$0
Cart Investment
$0
Recovered in 0 months
