I've been thinking about energy usage recently. Turns out that if you take wattage and pretend it's dollars, that's approximately your annual cost for leaving a device on 24/7. So a 50W LCD panel costs $50/year. I have two servers, a PC, some really big powered speakers, so I'm rather curious how I might use less electricity. This is assuming 12c/kWh of electricity.
Also, after some websurfing I bought a Kill a Watt device from smarthome.com. Haven't tried it yet.
I know this post is ancient, however I was thinking about getting a Kill a Watt device and your blog is about the most unbiased place I have found.
ReplyDeleteI borrowed one from the library (check your local library) for two weeks, to put on the highest usage devices (freezer, fridge, computer, tv, etc).
ReplyDeleteNo surprise, always on stuff is a big expense, normally because they are always on. But it is surprising what the little stuff you don't think about can use - like the cable modems, TVs, and recievers - they actually never turn off all the way and can take 100W/device or more continuously.