On Mon, 10 Oct 2016 19:52:49 +0100 Patrick O'Callaghan <pocallaghan@xxxxxxxxx> 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. > > If there were an easy way to measure it I would :-) > > poc You might have a look at this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kill_A_Watt I have tried them and they work quite well to determine individual appliance power consumption. Fred _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
