> * Erik Trulsson [2005-02-05 23:55 +0100] > > Also keep in mind that if you leave the computer running all the time > > it will show up on your electricity bill, so if you wish to save power > > you should shut down your computer over night. > > Given that your house needs to be warmed up (a presumption I think is > correct for Sweden as you appears to be sending from; it sure does for > Norway, I don't know about the OP), it does not matter where that heat > comes from. If your other heating is termostatically controlled, then > running your computer all night long uses no less electricity than leaving > your heating on. Eventually, all those kWhs ends up as heat. You might > just as well use it for something usefull in the way from electric to > thermic energy, and not just send your electrons through an electric > resistance for nothing (except heat-generation)! >
Actually, I've found that five machines, each with two disks, onboard graphics and sound, an average 700mhz P3 with a 250w power supply haven't really made a dent on my electricity bill. In the summer of last year, however, I bought an air conditioner and this added £40 (roughly $75) to my bill. I see I'm not the only one that thought of using the servers AS the heating! Mark -- PGP: http://www.darklogik.org/pub/pgp/pgp.txt B776 43DC 8A5D EAF9 2126 9A67 A7DA 390F DEFF 9DD1
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