From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Feb 8 04:28:46 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 A687416A4CE for ; Tue, 8 Feb 2005 04:28:46 +0000 (GMT) Received: from hobbiton.shire.net (hobbiton.shire.net [166.70.252.250]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7448D43D1F for ; Tue, 8 Feb 2005 04:28:46 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from chad@shire.net) Received: from [67.161.222.227] (helo=[192.168.99.68]) by hobbiton.shire.net with esmtpsa (TLSv1:RC4-SHA:128) (Exim 4.43) id 1CyMzV-000OpW-SA for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Mon, 07 Feb 2005 21:28:46 -0700 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v619) In-Reply-To: <1107810891.1183.12.camel@p4> References: <200502051745.25937.hindrich@worldchat.com> <20050205225512.GA78786@falcon.midgard.homeip.net> <20050207091209.D71459@maren.thelosingend.net> <20050207083428.GA22714@logik.ath.cx> <1008235984.20050207170137@wanadoo.fr> <1107810891.1183.12.camel@p4> Message-Id: From: Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2005 21:28:44 -0700 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.619) X-SA-Exim-Connect-IP: 67.161.222.227 X-SA-Exim-Mail-From: chad@shire.net Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.0 (2004-09-13) on hobbiton.shire.net X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.1 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_50 autolearn=disabled version=3.0.0 X-Spam-Level: X-SA-Exim-Version: 4.1+cvs (built Mon, 23 Aug 2004 08:44:05 -0700) X-SA-Exim-Scanned: Yes (on hobbiton.shire.net) Subject: Re: Electricity bill - OT 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 04:28:46 -0000 On Feb 7, 2005, at 2:14 PM, Robert Marella wrote: > On Mon, 2005-02-07 at 17:01 +0100, Anthony Atkielski wrote: >> I don't know where the rest is going, but I suspect that >> an aging electric water heater is consuming more than all the computer >> equipment combined. > > I put a timer on my hot water heater and only run it a couple of hours > per day. Saved about $30 per month. Of course, YMMV, I live in Hawai`i. A lot of new-built houses in the US are installing continuous circulation systems for hot water, which greatly reduces the time the HW heater is running, since when you turn on the hot water, you get instantaneous hot water and don't have to run a ton of water before it gets hot, which reduces the amount of HW wasted. Also, the new tankless HW heaters look interesting... I run my computers all the time, but shut down the ones I rarely use. So my G4 and G5 are on all the time (unless I leave the house for an extended period) while the AMD (Windows :-( ) is off 99% of the month. Currently have a dual opteron FreeBSD system in the basement being configured, also left on for longer periods, but it is leaving to go to its home downtown in a day or too.. Chad