On Mon, 2016-10-10 at 12:31 -0700, Rick Stevens wrote: > On 10/10/2016 11:52 AM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > > > > On Mon, 2016-10-10 at 11:42 -0500, Mike Chambers wrote: > > > > > > On Fri, 2016-10-07 at 16:35 +0100, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > As I said, I'm happy enough with suspend for now. My aim was to > > > > reduce > > > > power consumption at night (this isn't a server that has to be on all > > > > the time). > > > > > > I dont' think computers use that much power (least normal workstations > > > anyway) to bring up or down your utility bill much, so couldn't you > > > just leave it on as is and just shut off your monitor until your ready > > > to use it again? > > > > I used to do that up until about a year ago. Since then I think I have > > noticed a reduced utility bill, but of course that's not really > > evidence as there are other factors, including lower rates because of > > the drop in oil prices. This is an i7 system with an Nvidia card, an > > SSD, a 1TB SATA drive and 16TGB of RAM, so probably above average for > > home workstations in terms of power consumption. The monitor is a 23- > > inch HP LCD. > > Well, I dunno, 16 tera gigabytes of RAM (you said 16TGB) is a hell of > a lot! I've never seen a mobo that could handle that. :-) Must have the > cooling system from hell in there! > > > > > If there were an easy way to measure it I would :-) > > If you have a clamp-style AC ammeter, you can get a widget that you > plug into your outlet and your system plugs into the widget. The widget > splits the hot line out separately. You put your ammeter around that leg > and measure the current. You can compute your usage using Ohm's law, > e.g. if you measure 2A at 120V, that's 240 VA. If you want it in watts, > your average computer has a power factor of about .8, so that'd be 240 > times .8 or 192 watts (or so). > > Just an idea. Well, apparently the savings might not offset the price of the ammeter, but I suppose the advancement of knowledge always has a cost :-) poc _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
