Re: Anyone playing with their Kill - A - Watt meter

On Feb 8, 6:22�pm, Jim Redelfs <jim.rede...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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�"hall...@xxxxxxx" <hall...@xxxxxxx> wrote:
How about doing a test on how much your computer is drawing.
I am guessing the hottest setup uses less than 200Watts
most of the time
in the winter the waste heat helps warm your home..........

Agreed.

I was amused to read the MagicJack thread where a couple of posters lamented
that it required leaving on the computer 24/7 - in this day and age of rising
utility costs! �Horrors!

I haven't regularly shut down my computers for >15 years.

In my previous, electrically heated home, there were six, 100-watt
incandescent lamps illuminating the play room in the unfinished basement
directly beneath the living room upstairs.

I never chased after the kids, nagging them to turn off these lights EXCEPT
when it was COOLING season. �The light bulbs made GREAT heaters (with some
incidental, "waste" light) that kept the living room floor nice and warm.

People that believe a running, but unused computer is particularly wasteful
can't see the forest for the trees. �More than the equivalent power
consumption can be offset by removing one load of clothes from the dryer AS
SOON as they are dry rather than letting the machine's timer run to the end. �
Hanging-out ONE load of laundry on a clothes line, rather than use a dryer,
will save more energy than is used by the idle running of a computer in its
lifetime.
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� � � � � � :)
JR

No project too small
All projects too big

another one is spending megabucks on a tankless water heater to
prevent standby losses, while all during the heating season the
standby losses help heat the home.

or spending thousands on a front load washer dryer pair......

the added cost of the unit, will never save money during the average
life of the machines. worse the machines are less reliable and cost
much more to repair
.

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