From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Feb 8 10:17:37 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 344DD16A4DB for ; Tue, 8 Feb 2005 10:17:37 +0000 (GMT) Received: from av7-2-sn4.m-sp.skanova.net (av7-2-sn4.m-sp.skanova.net [81.228.10.109]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A9F0843D2D for ; Tue, 8 Feb 2005 10:17:36 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ertr1013@student.uu.se) Received: by av7-2-sn4.m-sp.skanova.net (Postfix, from userid 502) id 267B637E48; Tue, 8 Feb 2005 11:17:32 +0100 (CET) Received: from smtp4-2-sn4.m-sp.skanova.net (smtp4-2-sn4.m-sp.skanova.net [81.228.10.180]) by av7-2-sn4.m-sp.skanova.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 165F437E42 for ; Tue, 8 Feb 2005 11:17:32 +0100 (CET) Received: from falcon.midgard.homeip.net (h201n1fls24o1048.bredband.comhem.se [212.181.162.201]) by smtp4-2-sn4.m-sp.skanova.net (Postfix) with SMTP id CF2CF37E45 for ; Tue, 8 Feb 2005 11:17:31 +0100 (CET) Received: (qmail 24678 invoked by uid 1001); 8 Feb 2005 10:17:31 -0000 Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2005 11:17:31 +0100 From: Erik Trulsson To: questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20050208101731.GA24666@falcon.midgard.homeip.net> Mail-Followup-To: questions@freebsd.org, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org References: <200502051745.25937.hindrich@worldchat.com> <20050207091209.D71459@maren.thelosingend.net> <20050207195715.GE82997@keyslapper.net> <20050208105203.O85721@maren.thelosingend.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20050208105203.O85721@maren.thelosingend.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Electricity bill [was: Re: Leaving a Computer Running ?] X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 08 Feb 2005 10:17:37 -0000 On Tue, Feb 08, 2005 at 11:12:19AM +0100, Svein Halvor Halvorsen wrote: > > * Louis LeBlanc [2005-02-07 14:57 -0500] > > I'm coming into this thread a bit late, but if you go to > : > > You'll see a neat little gadget that will tell you exactly what your > > computers electrical usage is. > > > I'm not saying that leaving your computer on 24/7 consumes little power. > I'm just saying that in Norway (where I live) and in Sweden (where the > person I replied to seems to live) how much power used by your computers > is irrelevant. > > This is true because: > > 1) Our house need to be heated a lot (more than the computer can provide) True. > 2) Other heatsources are also based on electricity Not necessarily true. It was my message you originally replied to, and the apartment where I live has central heating, such that the heating is included in teh rent, and does not show up on the electricity bill (and I don't think the heating uses electricity anyway.) Power used by the computer is relevant for me, and shows up directly on the electricity bill (while heating does not.) -- Erik Trulsson ertr1013@student.uu.se