Re:Power usage (Score 1)

Well thanks to a nifty meter know as the watts up. I can athoritatively say that my computer eats as much as my refridgerator. 'fridge 5.03 KwH used over 43.4 hours, yielding an average watts used of 115.9. AMD athlon based system with ultra 160 scsi drive on 24/7; 2.5 KwH used over 26.2 hours, yielding an average wattage of 95.4. Tossing in my 21 inch monitor, 2.2 KwH is 150 hours yields 14.7 watts.

Of course I haven't gotten around to enabling power management because I want remote access to my system.

Also I haven't gotten around to measuring my ether switch or cable modem yet. So the computer equiment should be using a bit more. Also those measurements were for a particular usage pattern which might have changed when I moved. diane