Comment Re:a PC actually wrote this article (Score 1) 551
Not Ideal is right... Add the power supply for the monitor's soft power button, The Bricks for The Speakers, Printer, Router.. The fact I have more than one computer (3)... a few misc. things too and all of sudden it's close to 150 watts when not in use.
My motherboard does nothing to kill the phantom loads of peripherals.
That's the beauty of a 2 kW appliance timer. All that crap is really off.
Yes after doing this to not only the computer, but the LCD TV and other things in the house using appliance timers I did indeed save 70%, yeah **** 70%! Not exaggerating. This is the real deal. Shut the crap off and you do save a lot. Noticeable on the First bill after doing it. $75 electricity down to $20. It is indeed worth doing. Stand-by never gave me any noticeable savings on my bill. Shutting the stuff off off off saved me far beyond my expectations.