OK I am looking for ways to save electricity at home. I currently have a lot of network kit, so am going to get a wireless Router instead of a seperate router and WAP, and get 1 16 port switch rather than 2 8 ports, so thats halved the equipment.
One question I have is the draw of electricity. Forgive me if I dont use proper terms. Say I have my switch and it uses a transformer to go from full electrical power in the socket to 12v or whatever. Does it still draw in the full amount, step it down and the rest is lost in heat? Do these low voltage things actually DO anything? It still draws the full amount then converts it. I think.
Also I have a 450W PSU in our home server. I'm thinking of getting the HP MediaSmart server when it becomes mainstream over here (yes you can get them, but they are darn hard!) would it use a lower PSU?
The fact that most CPU's nowadays use less power, but we still use like 400W + PSU's for our PC, surely thats not good for electrical costs?
Going to get rid of my spot lights and go back to conventional lighting, an energy saver bulb. Got to be cheaper than the 4 halogens I have at the moment. Oh, and I am also turning stuff off I don't use now too.


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