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On Tuesday 18 September 2012 22:03:15 Dale wrote: |
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> My biggest expenses, refrigeration and heating/cooling. I have a |
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> large fridge, two deep freezers, two window A/C's for summer and a |
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> large heater for the winter. Compare any of those to my computer, |
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> the computer is a rounding error. My main rig, monitor, router, DSL |
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> modem and printer pulls about 150 watts at most. At most would be |
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> while it is compiling or something. When idle, ~100 watts. I |
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> figured it up once and I think it costs about $12.00 a month to run. |
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> Heck, when I have a $200.00 power bill, rounding error comes to |
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> mind. Heck, taxes and fees on the power bill is more than my puter |
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> uses. I would much rather fuss about the taxes than my puter. I |
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> use my puter. lol |
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Didn't you say once that you run a BOINC application? I forget which |
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one. That would keep your CPU use at 100%. Here I run four at a time |
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continuously, and according to gkrellm the CPUs sit at 60 - 65C. Just |
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giving a little back to the community that I gain from. |
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I have an audio amplifier downstairs that consumes 96W on standby. Now |
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that _is_ excessive. Keeps that corner of the room warm though. |
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Rgds |
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Peter |
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