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From: Las Vegas Don on 2 Aug 2010 08:21
All of our computers use electricity. How much does your computer add
to your electric bill? How would "sleep mode" effect it? How would
you figure out your computers effective electrical usage and cost?
What are ways of effectively cutting the usage, lowering your costs
and possibly extending the life of your computer??

I found this website that may address the previously mentioned
issues. There are more out there, I just enjoyed this one.

You can apply this information to the coffee maker that has a clock on
it, the stove which runs constantly, and all of the other items that
are in your home that run without end. Of course, you are not going
to run and cut all the earlier mentioned things off, but you need to
be informed and aware, right. Some information that will assist you
is a good thing, it gives you options.

Have a great day, and "dream of Vegas"!!

http://michaelbluejay.com/electricity/computers.html

Don
From: - Bobb - on 3 Aug 2010 00:00
If it is a concern, they have Pc power strips such that - when the PC is
turned off ( drawing no power), it turns off all of the other outlets (
cable modem, router,printer etc) Cost about $25 at Best Buy / Pc retailers

"Las Vegas Don" <dstrevel(a)gmail.com> wrote in message
news:6390fd0c-b55b-49be-acf8-518f70375fcc(a)i4g2000prf.googlegroups.com...
> All of our computers use electricity. How much does your computer add
> to your electric bill? How would "sleep mode" effect it? How would
> you figure out your computers effective electrical usage and cost?
> What are ways of effectively cutting the usage, lowering your costs
> and possibly extending the life of your computer??
>
> I found this website that may address the previously mentioned
> issues. There are more out there, I just enjoyed this one.
>
> You can apply this information to the coffee maker that has a clock on
> it, the stove which runs constantly, and all of the other items that
> are in your home that run without end. Of course, you are not going
> to run and cut all the earlier mentioned things off, but you need to
> be informed and aware, right. Some information that will assist you
> is a good thing, it gives you options.
>
> Have a great day, and "dream of Vegas"!!
>
> http://michaelbluejay.com/electricity/computers.html
>
> Don


From: Gary on 3 Aug 2010 10:05
On 8/2/2010 7:21 AM, Las Vegas Don wrote:
> All of our computers use electricity. How much does your computer add
> to your electric bill? How would "sleep mode" effect it? How would
> you figure out your computers effective electrical usage and cost?
> What are ways of effectively cutting the usage, lowering your costs
> and possibly extending the life of your computer??
>
> I found this website that may address the previously mentioned
> issues. There are more out there, I just enjoyed this one.
>
> You can apply this information to the coffee maker that has a clock on
> it, the stove which runs constantly, and all of the other items that
> are in your home that run without end. Of course, you are not going
> to run and cut all the earlier mentioned things off, but you need to
> be informed and aware, right. Some information that will assist you
> is a good thing, it gives you options.
>
> Have a great day, and "dream of Vegas"!!
>
> http://michaelbluejay.com/electricity/computers.html
>
> Don


Not in Las Vegas Don,

This post from you is a hoot.

Aren't you the guy who tells us that you use a laptop to use the
Internet to log in to your remote desktop computer located 2000 miles
away, which you would have to leave powered on 24-7 consuming god knows
how much electricity, only to log into Google to post to usenet?

Yeah, that was you. "informed and aware". "effectively cutting the
usage, lowering your costs and possibly extending the life of your
computer??".

Don... 'do as I say, not as I do' Strevel.

Gary



"Christianity: The belief that a cosmic Jewish Zombie who was his own
father can make you live forever if you telepathically tell him you
accept him as your master, so he can remove an evil force from your soul
that is present in humanity because a rib-woman was convinced by a
talking snake to eat from a magical tree..... yeah, makes perfect sense."
From: Las Vegas Don on 3 Aug 2010 17:36
On Aug 2, 10:00 pm, "- Bobb -" <b...(a)noemail.123> wrote:
> If it is a concern, they have Pc power strips such that - when the PC is
> turned off ( drawing no power), it turns off all of the other outlets (
> cable modem, router,printer etc) Cost about $25 at Best Buy / Pc retailers
>
> "Las Vegas Don" <dstre...(a)gmail.com> wrote in messagenews:6390fd0c-b55b-49be-acf8-518f70375fcc(a)i4g2000prf.googlegroups.com...
>
>
>
> > All of our computers use electricity.  How much does your computer add
> > to your electric bill?  How would "sleep mode" effect it?  How would
> > you figure out your computers effective electrical usage and cost?
> > What are ways of effectively cutting the usage, lowering your costs
> > and possibly extending the life of your computer??
>
> > I found this website that may address the previously mentioned
> > issues.  There are more out there, I just enjoyed this one.
>
> > You can apply this information to the coffee maker that has a clock on
> > it, the stove which runs constantly, and all of the other items that
> > are in your home that run without end.  Of course, you are not going
> > to run and cut all the earlier mentioned things off, but you need to
> > be informed and aware, right.  Some information that will assist you
> > is a good thing, it gives you options.
>
> > Have a great day, and "dream of Vegas"!!
>
> >http://michaelbluejay.com/electricity/computers.html
>
> > Don- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

It is always fun to see how much power isused, and ways to possibly
cut it. I think you make an outstanding point by mentioning the power
strip. I use one but just use it to increase the outlet
availability. I guess I could use it to cut everything off. The
article mentioned 500, almost 600 a year to power a system 24 / 7.
There could be some savings there. Good point! :)

Don
From: tom ronson on 3 Aug 2010 17:54
Las Vegas Don wrote:

> I guess I could use it to cut everything off.

I believe the one Bobb is speaking of is a "smart strip" ---- it only
requires you shut off the machine --- it does the rest.

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