https://diogogomes.com/tags/ecology/Recent content in Ecology on Diogo GomesHugoen{year}Tue, 26 Feb 2008 02:35:28 +0000https://diogogomes.com/2008/02/26/power-saving/Tue, 26 Feb 2008 02:35:28 +0000https://diogogomes.com/2008/02/26/power-saving/<p>Today I was buying some bricolage accessories in aki, when I spotted the power meter that <a href="http://joaobarros.bsdtech.org/2008/02/19/power-audit/trackback/" title="Joao Barros Blog">Joao Barros</a> mentioned a few days ago, so I decided to buy one to.</p> <p>Let me start by saying how much power I&rsquo;ve started saving by turning off &ldquo;stand-by&rdquo; equipments:</p> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.sony.co.uk/view/ShowProduct.action?product=KDL-32V2000&amp;site=odw_en_GB&amp;imageType=Main&amp;category=TVP+32-40+Sony+BRAVIA+TV" title="Sony KDL-32V2000">Living room TV</a> (8W in "off"!? and 12W in standby)</li> <li>Desktop computer, 2x LCD Monitor (8w) - which I don't use anymore but were still plugged in.</li> <li>Kitchen TV (4W)</li> <li>Several Power adapters (4W)</li> </ul> Curiosities: <ul> <li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_mini#January_2005.E2.80.93July_2005">G4 mac-mini</a> (30W on, 3W on standby!!)</li> <li>Microwave (4W to display a clock !?</li> </ul> Hope to save some € thanks to this :)