Peter Humphrey wrote: > On Tuesday 18 September 2012 22:03:15 Dale wrote: > >> My biggest expenses, refrigeration and heating/cooling. I have a >> large fridge, two deep freezers, two window A/C's for summer and a >> large heater for the winter. Compare any of those to my computer, >> the computer is a rounding error. My main rig, monitor, router, DSL >> modem and printer pulls about 150 watts at most. At most would be >> while it is compiling or something. When idle, ~100 watts. I >> figured it up once and I think it costs about $12.00 a month to run. >> Heck, when I have a $200.00 power bill, rounding error comes to >> mind. Heck, taxes and fees on the power bill is more than my puter >> uses. I would much rather fuss about the taxes than my puter. I >> use my puter. lol > Didn't you say once that you run a BOINC application? I forget which > one. That would keep your CPU use at 100%. Here I run four at a time > continuously, and according to gkrellm the CPUs sit at 60 - 65C. Just > giving a little back to the community that I gain from. > > I have an audio amplifier downstairs that consumes 96W on standby. Now > that _is_ excessive. Keeps that corner of the room warm though. >
I used to run folding but only in the winter time. I don't mind the heat during the winter since I have electric heat anyway. It doesn't matter if the heat comes from the puter or from the regular heater, it's still heat from the power company. I may as well give back a little when I can. Thing is, I have had issues with folding and have not run it in a while. I started the service but they had no units for me to download and work on. So, when spring came along, I stopped it. I don't think it ever had a single unit all last winter. I chose folding because I have health issues myself. It may not help me but it may help someone else. Maybe someone else will do something to help folks like me. :/ I unhook things that I don't use often or rarely. I have a large air compressor that I turn off unless I plan to use it right away. I even have a small tank for little things, like putting air in the wheel barrow or something like that. I try to conserve on the things that are not used often but don't on the things that I use a lot. I would never think of cutting off my fridge or deep freezers just to save on energy. If my food spoils, that would cost me more than I save. If I had a light bulb that took a minute to come on, I'd likely leave it on a lot if I use it a lot. Why, I don't want to have to wait for it every time I need it. If it costs that much to run, time for a better bulb or something. 96 watts for standby is excessive for sure. What the heck is that thing doing with all that power? O_O Dale :-) :-) -- I am only responsible for what I said ... Not for what you understood or how you interpreted my words!
