[Cialug] Power Down

[Nathan Smith]

It shouldn't be pulling 500W all day unless you are crunching numbers (SETI) or ripping media.

;)

-Nate

> -----Original Message-----
> From: cialug-bounces at cialug.org
> [mailto:cialug-bounces at cialug.org] On Behalf Of Todd Walton
> Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2008 4:03 PM
> To: Central Iowa Linux Users Group
> Subject: [Cialug] Power Down
>
> Reducing the Amount of Juice Electronic Gadgets Consume
> http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/24/technology/personaltech/24po
> gue-email.html?ex=1366776000&en=ff959d21e7261079&ei=5124&partn
er=permalink&exprod=permalink
>
> NY Times article about "vampire electronics".  Home electronics that
> suck power even when they're off.  The Energy Department guesses that
> 25 percent of the power the average piece of electronics consumes is
> consumed while turned off.
>
> The beef of the article is to shill for the APC Power-Saving
> SurgeArrest surge protector.  It's a nifty idea: the you plug your
> computer into a "master" plug-in, and then your printer and monitor
> and speakers and all those other gadgets into slave outlets.  When
> whatever is plugged into the master outlet stops drawing power the
> strip cuts power to the slave outlets.  So, when you turn your
> computer off all your other stuff gets turned off too.
>
> I leave my computer on all the time, normally, but I've been trying to
> turn it off when I go to work.  500W all day long can get to be a
> serious energy bill.
>
> -todd
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