Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 19:12:19 01/25/00
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On January 25, 2000 at 14:41:52, John Warfield wrote: >On January 25, 2000 at 13:57:59, Chris Taylor wrote: >>On January 25, 2000 at 13:13:05, John Warfield wrote: >> >>> >>>just curious, do most people leave their computers running 24 hours a day, or do >>>most shut it off?. I shut mine down every night , but I hear it is better to >>>keep it running >> >>I am playing auto232, or analising, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week? >>I sometimes re-boot one or both machines? >>I have reached the stage now where I dare not switch off either machine, but >>don't ask me why?? >> >>Chris Taylor > > >You must have an incredibly high electric bill? A computer uses about the same power as two lightbulbs. Turn on the heater for 5 minutes and you have used what a computer does in a day. Iron the shirts, cook something on a burner, run the dryer -- these pull a ton of juice. Computers pull very little. Suppose you have a 200 watt power supply -- that's 2 100 watt lightbulbs. Most of the time, it won't be pulling anything near its capacity, but it is not 100% efficient converting either. At any rate, the power for a computer is small. Your monitor is probably the bulk of your computer's power consumption, and even that is not very large. If you want to save a ton of electricity, turn your thermostat down 5 degrees (unless you live in the tropics -- in which case you should probably turn the air-conditioner thermostat up 5 degrees.) If you want to conserve - do it where it matters most. Otherwise, we're like the guy who orders a 13 course meal and 'a diet soda.'
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