From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Tue Aug 9 15:56:46 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9241BBB29BD for ; Tue, 9 Aug 2016 15:56:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rwmaillists@googlemail.com) Received: from mail-wm0-x231.google.com (mail-wm0-x231.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:400c:c09::231]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 467D91235 for ; Tue, 9 Aug 2016 15:56:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rwmaillists@googlemail.com) Received: by mail-wm0-x231.google.com with SMTP id o80so44590149wme.1 for ; Tue, 09 Aug 2016 08:56:46 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=20120113; h=date:from:to:subject:message-id:in-reply-to:references:mime-version :content-transfer-encoding; bh=JKc/4x+Tv6SHd9XqESJHTRTiiAjhGhAztas7Pi/sQmg=; b=wpS0+ewu6SgILgGxGfj8SbzdVK97kYYNChtqaHC70sKUzn2O0KakRSrvo8EceeR0GE cH615ZC3/zYCYASj/il5dX7QmIeAmPOuw01ZvBPBZQyn+x8n4N86JsREyFnxsAa2cH4g EiP9eoi4jDouWCWJtJn/XQ5LAHQ7dURIF633XLPTLm8ic1ltj43WDWVRjcTLwOUCDbym aOQracqgjR+lyTQ10f/AzDVoyIwoFSgVEM1WLV6pZwlOpHNlFd5hTKCnu2LI6B5zkcDJ F0uh11nSZv4VxjWseyNjOG53d1U2Ru4DE7VsFLwREicpIbPyVt0G3ZOa8zUKsZqRmaBn MglA== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:date:from:to:subject:message-id:in-reply-to :references:mime-version:content-transfer-encoding; bh=JKc/4x+Tv6SHd9XqESJHTRTiiAjhGhAztas7Pi/sQmg=; b=ZmK/GgiqqqminwB/4iJrfciKdKknuDAtbULl1ZxiTRDKvNOm05UMsBsxD1seTnax/Q cQKkb4JtZ5YTo8QRJn6azAAGWsbmir4gfZSBHmB/Yql/jIDJ8puMAKrAu1gg/0F/RSZs D0TeDsegSuvS4S1pWW/nitgtOVbPC038SnXXAWudFjGrmWsbAlvUZwLqoQbp1LZUJyKT REtzajQkBXc4z9QuPH6/pFqS0mnbjhBvMiCuU6b6yA0fDR5Oco2FOeRroZouY92FR6N5 eSNnp6ywjTcFQqQtGbpL32+85VCETJsU1FSHho6xP9qx75m2E2cCDGGd8l6Kix+rmO8t X7qw== X-Gm-Message-State: AEkoouvRLpvqJccuGPhLg50PwXWRkaOAsfeZsP1yXN7SdsQ1v7DsiITKBPBq4rRzsOaexg== X-Received: by 10.194.80.104 with SMTP id q8mr97319113wjx.151.1470758204503; Tue, 09 Aug 2016 08:56:44 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gumby.homeunix.com ([81.171.97.93]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id bc10sm38608948wjc.32.2016.08.09.08.56.43 for (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305 bits=256/256); Tue, 09 Aug 2016 08:56:43 -0700 (PDT) Date: Tue, 9 Aug 2016 16:56:40 +0100 From: RW To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Power consumption tuning Message-ID: <20160809165640.5aa087c2@gumby.homeunix.com> In-Reply-To: References: <20160809172345.312117ac@e733> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.13.2 (GTK+ 2.24.29; amd64-portbld-freebsd10.2) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.22 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 09 Aug 2016 15:56:46 -0000 On Tue, 09 Aug 2016 17:03:36 +0200 Sol=C3=A8ne Rapenne wrote: > Buying a device to measure the power consumption is also a good idea, > so you can check your changes. > It costs around 12=E2=82=AC. Example > http://www.ecvv.com/product/1000019919.html A lot of those cheap power meters will work with simple loads like heaters or fridges, but are very inaccurate with computers. I have one and I've heard a lot of bad reports about them.