[TriLUG] Home PC power usage

[matt at noway2.thruhere.net]

I've noticed that for every PC I leave running my electric bill will go up
about $20 for the month.  That works out to be about 154 kilowatt hours at
the rate I pay.  If I am doing my math right, that works out to be about
215 watts, which is probably a little high, but close enough to be in the
ball park.

These machines are power hungry.


> Yeah idle as in Pentium D powered on, cpu idle.
>
> I have both PCs plugged into a UPS which measures power consumption.
>
> When I power off the Pentium D, usage goes down 117W.
>
> I should probably look into getting an atom based box for a router.
>
> On Fri, Aug 8, 2014 at 6:37 AM, Tim Jowers  wrote:
>
>> Hi Scott,
>>
>> Is that idle as in hibernate, sleep, or idle as in power button off?
>> also,
>> is it 0 when not plugged into the UPS?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Tim
>>
>>
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