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    I now own a Mains Power Metering Device....

    .....so expect a regular update on what the current draw all the things in my life is like, in both Standby and Full operation

    Some things interest me a lot....like mobile phone chargers, laptop powr bricks, TFT;s etc

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    Re: I now own a Mains Power Metering Device....

    Good man

    just don't go all Carbon Eco-hippy on us fella - reet ?

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    Re: I now own a Mains Power Metering Device....

    Nah....this is about saving dough, for me and for you all.

    OK...here goes.

    Fact No 1: My Iiyama 22" TFT being switched off with the button on the front makes no difference at all, to letting it do it autpmatically. If I leave it on, and then it self monitors that the PC is off, its power use drops to the same as if I pushed the button myself.

    9 Watts use when plugged in but not used, and either I push the button or it goes into pwer saving mode.
    45 watts when on Desktop, playing games or whatever (no suprise, the backlight is on al the time)

    Quite suprised by the Standby mode being 9w though

    Good news:
    Nokia Phone Chargers take NO current at all if the phone isn't plugged in, so leaving them on or off makes no difference

    Quote Originally Posted by Advice Trinity by Knoxville
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    Re: I now own a Mains Power Metering Device....

    Holy Hell. My PC when switched off, but still plugged in, uses 33Watts!
    Intel Mobo, with a quad core, but clearly this is the chipset and mobo monitoring stuff. But PC is OFF and not is hibernate.

    33W for a PC that's not on!

    I'll check the other PC's now

    Quote Originally Posted by Advice Trinity by Knoxville
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    Re: I now own a Mains Power Metering Device....

    Dell Core 2 Duo Laptop, Power Brick: Uses 50W when running laptop (F@H single core running) and 76 watts when its busy on work stuff and fan is running. But uses 7W while the laptop is unplugged.

    So...unplug power bricks (I do normally anyway)

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    Re: I now own a Mains Power Metering Device....

    Creative I Trigue 2.1 Speakers
    3.5W when off (power brick again using juice)
    and 3.7 Watts when being used at loud volumes.... so almost no difference between OFF and ON MAX!!!

    Needs unplugging...in a big way, when not in use.

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    Re: I now own a Mains Power Metering Device....

    Iiyama 19" TFT (Sair's)

    43W in use
    9.5 W in standby (button OFF on front of monitor)

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    Re: I now own a Mains Power Metering Device....

    AMD A64 3700+ Shuttle on ATI mobo with Radeon X1600 XT

    9W on standby (better than my Intel at 33w!!)
    98W on Desktop
    165 Watts gaming (GRAW)

    Quote Originally Posted by Advice Trinity by Knoxville
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    Quad Core Intel Mobo Q6700 Xtreme with X1900 XT 512mb, Raptor and 2 other drives

    33w when off!
    157 W at Desktop
    245W when folding SMP on all 4 cores
    Gaming: 310W when loading levels (WD drives drawing power)
    270W when playing (yup....single core gaming with video card uses more juice than folding)
    Windows Key back to Desktop, with game running in background 197W

    So, roughly 70W for my Card to run 3d games

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    Re: I now own a Mains Power Metering Device....

    Is turning the mains switch off equivalent to unplugging?

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    Re: I now own a Mains Power Metering Device....

    If you turn off the MAINS plug, it is ZERO power use. It really does cut the power. But I leave everything plugged in and switched on.

    I'm turning stuff off on the units themselves.

    Cheapo Creative 2.1 Speakers (3W per channel plus little bass box)
    9W standby !
    12W in use.

    So.....3 times as much power as my Itrigue (same company) but fractionally as "powerful"

    madness....utter madness, but uber interesting.

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    Re: I now own a Mains Power Metering Device....

    i wish i picked up one of these from maplin when they were going for something like 10 quid.

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    Re: I now own a Mains Power Metering Device....

    Intel MSI Hermes (very old P4 based SFF with 2.0gig P4, and old intel chipset, integrated everything

    16W standby mode (powered off in my eyes, no fans, no hibernate, but plugged into the wall.

    95 W Folding at Desktop
    58W Desktop, nowt running

    It wont play games so dont ask

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    Re: I now own a Mains Power Metering Device....

    Quote Originally Posted by HSK View Post
    i wish i picked up one of these from maplin when they were going for something like 10 quid.
    just got mine from B&Q for a tenner (this weekend special in my local store)

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    Re: I now own a Mains Power Metering Device....

    Ikea Desk Lamp with powerbrick built into base

    When the switch is OFF on the base it really is OFF so transformer is on the mains loop, as it should be

    13W in use
    0W when off (still plugged in don't forget)

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    Re: I now own a Mains Power Metering Device....

    nice! i might pop down mine to see if they offer a similar deal.

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