So, how much electricity does Zak's office/PC, drain in a week?

[Zak33]

6:45 am
F@H has been running for 7 hours, and I'm going to work now, so PC going "off"

Cost so far

£1.09

So folding at night on Economy-7 cost me 9p for 7 hours.

[Zak33]

Just got in, PC off all day, cost now on £1.12

3p for nothing.

[neonplanet40]

Kinda shocking when you think about it really. I'd love to try it over here in N.Ireland to see the difference in prices.

Good test Zak

[Zak33]

Gaming from now on for a few hours.

[Zak33]

Played CoD 4 until 11pm, them all PC's "off"

Working now, PC just back on.

Cost right now

£1.27

So, working yesterday afternoon on PC and laptop, about 3 hours, ast nights 90 minutes gaming and then al the stuff being "off" (but not at the wall) cost me 15p.

[Funkstar]

Just got in, PC off all day, cost now on £1.12

3p for nothing.

I've lost track of this, what is using that 3p of electric-trickery?

Oh, and I've thought of something that is really going to get you mad

You measured a 3p usage over the course of a day, but how much did that measurement cost you?

What you nee to do is get a second power meter, plug the first one into it, then your devices into that. Take the lower figure from the higher and you can stress out about how much this week of experimenting is costing you!

my god! you could be investing this money! Or you could be sponsoring a puppy!

think of the puppies man!!!!!!

[TheAnimus]

you can sponser boobs?

[tiggerai]

you can sponser boobs?

Do you know, that was my first reaction too...

[TheAnimus]

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[sjbuck]

I bought a meter like the one you have a couple of years ago and it startled me how much extra power my PC used when it was overclocked and running a game and folding. I've pretty much stopped folding now. I used to have 14 PC's and numerous servers folding at work to,I've stopped those as well because of the environmental concerns.
It'd be interesting to see how much money/environmental cost something like SETI has cost over the years.......
Still, compared to the cost of running your car your electric bill will always be a drop in the ocean (until you get an electric car )

[Zak33]

I've lost track of this, what is using that 3p of electric-trickery?

The PC, monitor and speakers, all are OFF with their own buttons, use this electricity. Once this week is up, I'll be switching them off at the wall, but unitl then, I'm showing everyone how much waste occurs when you think it's OFF.
Cos more often than not, it AINT OFF.

Total cost now is £1.53, and it's not been "on" since yesterday evening. Not a frame has flickered across the monitor,.....

that's a ot of electricity for totally nothing.

The meter uses no electricity, as it runs off two little batteries.

This meter will save me the £10 it cost in less than a year just on my PC and TV.

[Lucio]

This meter will save me the £10 it cost in less than a year just on my PC and TV.

Or, if we look at it another, YOUR meter will save ME £10 a year because now I'll be using the off switch on the wall too

Thanks for that tenner Zak, money well spent

[Zak33]

well precisely, and to be honest, what is HEXUS for if not for us to help everyone?

It's what "community" means, at it's very heart.

I could do this, and not tell a soul, but I've grown up with sharing this kind of thing, and HEXUS is the ultimate "make a difference" website.

This is simply the amateur version of a graphics card review. It tells you what you can make a difference with, without you spending your dough and then losing it with a wrong decision.

Tbh it'll save more than a tenner per year guys. Easily. I'm only doing this on my PC, but Sair has one too. In fact, she has two. One gets used once per week, for gaming or film editing, as it's more powerful than her P4 that she uses day in, day out. BUT.... just unplugging that PC when it's not being used will save a few pounds per year.

Amp in the living room, and CD player too, both unplugged now.

[Zak33]

near midnight on Sat 3rd May

£1.66

Just played Lineage 2 for an hour, and now will leave the beast folding on all four cores.

[CaseyV9]

So if I had a Core 2 PC with a 8800GT or half decent gaming PC, how much do you reckon that would cost to run for 24 hours roughly?

[Zak33]

7am. F@H running since my last post,

Total Cost £1.75