think he means one of these like I've got..
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think he means one of these like I've got..
That's expensive, you can get the bog standard white one that a certain electrical component retailer slash competitor whose name may or may not begin with M sell, on a certain auction site for about a tenner. Works like a charm
My rig in sig idles at 120w and loads at 265w
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I honestly dread to think. I am not looking forward to my bill.
My brother is 24 and sleeps with his bedroom light on
combined with a large number of outside lights that always end up on all the time.
My brother is 24 and sleeps with his bedroom light on
combined with a large number of outside lights that always end up on all the time.
Q9550 @ 1.35v (3.7ghz)
GTX260 (oc)
2x HDD
9x USB
120mm + 140mm fans
audio amp
I think the living room will pwn the consumption though, sky box, digi cable box, freesat hd box, dvd recorder, tivo..... all on standby at night!
Also 2 fridges :O
All our lights are energy saving though which is good I suppose and most of the electrical devices are newish so are energy efficient in one way or another. Only I have a desktop PC in the household, everyone else has their own laptop.
Will be interesting to see though!
My free energy monitors are on their way to my 73yr old ass!
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There are two different types, but you've said it's a home energy monitor.
It's just unusual to have such little usage. An LCD monitor should use more than 30W by itself.
I honestly dread to think. I am not looking forward to my bill.
My brother is 24 and sleeps with his bedroom light on
combined with a large number of outside lights that always end up on all the time.
A 60w bulb needs to be on for 16 hours to consume 1kWh.
I pay about 14p per kWh. A 60w bulb on 24/7 for a year uses roughly 548kWh, or £76!
That said, if same bulb is used for 2 hours a day, that's roughly 14p a week, or £7.30 a year.
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There's something wrong with your freezer then, My A rated freezer uses 230 KWh a year so costs less then £40 to run, if yours uses 500Watts then the thermostat must be stuck
take a look at this website which shows how mush it costs to run various white goods
http://www.sheffieldhomes.org.uk/going-green/eco-advice/a-rated-appliances
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An LCD monitor won't use any more than a couple of watts
A LCD will usually use between 30-60W under load.
Yes there is something wrong with our freezer, it's old and the compressor is running all the time.
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Here's mine right now, ignore the time, the unit has been set with the current cost of electricity so it shows exactly how much it costs to run per month based on 13.6p per unit,
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^^ I'm still finding that hard to believe. What samsung monitor do you have and how much does you electricity bill cost per month?
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you sure your not picking up next doors signal, you know the 80 year olds that are still stuck in the 60's and only listen to radio 4..
When I got mine I went around the house switching off sockets to se what draws what... hifi and tv on stand by was 40 watt and up stairs tv was the same , computer was 30, but it all adds up, get a pen and paper and write it down ,
I even underclocker the d/l and media server to 1.1ghz and removed hd's and memory went from 100 to 60 watts, a little saving over a long time is good money saved,
for info , my house idles at around 250 watt in the day and 130 at night , largeish 4 bed detached , two adults and three kids one being a teenager(almost)
almst all bulbs are energy ones bar the front roon which are 2x150 wat dimmable halogen my only extravagance.
bullit
When I got mine I went around the house switching off sockets to se what draws what... hifi and tv on stand by was 40 watt and up stairs tv was the same , computer was 30, but it all adds up, get a pen and paper and write it down ,
I even underclocker the d/l and media server to 1.1ghz and removed hd's and memory went from 100 to 60 watts, a little saving over a long time is good money saved,
for info , my house idles at around 250 watt in the day and 130 at night , largeish 4 bed detached , two adults and three kids one being a teenager(almost)
almst all bulbs are energy ones bar the front roon which are 2x150 wat dimmable halogen my only extravagance.
bullit
Mine is reading 0.161kW but that can't be right in relation to everyone elses.
I loved it when we first installed it. Going round and switching stuff on and off to see how much energy it uses. Also, at night we look at it to make sure everything is switched off.
I loved it when we first installed it. Going round and switching stuff on and off to see how much energy it uses. Also, at night we look at it to make sure everything is switched off.