Power Consumption

[James Knott]

Ansar Mohammed wrote:
> Hello All,
> 
> Many of us here have more than one computer at home. Some of us I
> believe have as maybe a small network. I was wondering how does everyone
> deal with the impact on your hydro bill?
> 
> One of my hopes as I came to Canada was to have my own little server
> farm in my basement. (I am a retro computing guy so I really am not
> interested in new stuff) Now everyone I meet is warning me about the
> impact on my power bill.

well, if you use it, you pay for it.  To find out how much it costs,
measure the power drawn by your computers and calculate how many
kilowatt hours they consume.  You'll then be able to determine the cost.
 If you're really worried, shut down the computers you're not using.

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