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Twiggy
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22nd Feb 10 at 22:58   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
We have a habbit of leaving the Computer on 24/7...

Has anyone worked out how much this cost for 24hrs?

Based on 12 hrs of average use....
pow
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22nd Feb 10 at 23:01   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
My netbook charger pulls 30W's, I'll leave it on for as lon as I want thank you very much
csweatherston
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I would like to know this also.
I think it may depend on what hardware your running though.

Mine hasnt been turned off since it was built in November, the previous build was on for circa 2 years
John
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I've worked it out before but can't remember now, I don't even think it was £50 a year, might have been half of that.

I've got a server that's been running 24/7 for years.
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It depends on what computer you have etc, I worked it out on my desktop and that was on 24hrs a day, over the year it cost me £131.40 extra that on the basis that the computer is used for 12 hours and 12 on standby.

[Edited on 22-02-2010 by saj_123]
pow
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Fuck me thats a lot
saj_123
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That is quite accurate.

[Edited on 22-02-2010 by saj_123]
John
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Where did you get the figures for what the computer was using?

I used a plug in meter thing.
Twiggy
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I have a wanky old dell dimwnsion 5000 with 3gb of ram added

Also need to take into account router printer scanner phone etc
saj_123
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My desktop is quite old around 5 years old, I am using an energy monitor called the Owl. You put a clip around a wire that leads into the fuse box and then the monitor gives you a reading on a seperate screen. It gives a reading in pence per hour.

Turned everything off (including fridges etc) and just left the computer on and then it told me how much it was using per hour and worked it out from there. Simples!
Ben G
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22nd Feb 10 at 23:50   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
i often wondered this as my brother does it.

seriously, how hard is it to turn a computer off?
LukeS
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23rd Feb 10 at 00:39   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
very, mine keeps my room warm.
Ste M
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When you start wondering how much things use up in power, you're in trouble.
noshua
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Why not just at a timer for stand by? Let the machine turn it's self off after 30-60mins of no use.
Twiggy
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quote:
Originally posted by noshua
Why not just at a timer for stand by? Let the machine turn it's self off after 30-60mins of no use.


saving stuff etc?

I just keep it on with 3-5 browsers open. Go to bed, get up and F5 the lot!
Ben G
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quote:
Originally posted by LukeS
very, mine keeps my room warm.


cold rooms ftw my mrs keeps the room warm enough. Fuck having a computer pouring out the heat and the fans making awful noises.
Fro
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Only leave comp/ps3 on if I'm downloading things and i set them to turn off after a certain amount of time.
Marc
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Never leave my pc on, I don't need to as I can wait a week between watching tv shows instead of downloading a series in one go

Puss3 and the Ring of Fire are left on standby though.

[Edited on 24-02-2010 by Marc]
pow
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I should stop leaving my monitor and TV on stnadby tbh
Andrew
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RDPs into home PC and switches off

 
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