From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Feb 7 08:21:55 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 1545E16A4D0 for ; Mon, 7 Feb 2005 08:21:55 +0000 (GMT) Received: from fri.itea.ntnu.no (fri.itea.ntnu.no [129.241.7.60]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2F3BE43D5E for ; Mon, 7 Feb 2005 08:21:54 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from svein-freebsd-questions@theloosingend.net) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by fri.itea.ntnu.no (Postfix) with ESMTP id 93B268416 for ; Mon, 7 Feb 2005 09:21:47 +0100 (CET) Received: from maren.thelosingend.net (m190d.studby.ntnu.no [129.241.131.190]) by fri.itea.ntnu.no (Postfix) with SMTP for ; Mon, 7 Feb 2005 09:21:47 +0100 (CET) Received: (qmail 72156 invoked by uid 1001); 7 Feb 2005 08:21:46 -0000 Received: from localhost (sendmail-bs@127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 7 Feb 2005 08:21:46 -0000 Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2005 09:21:46 +0100 (CET) From: Svein Halvor Halvorsen X-X-Sender: sveinhal@maren.thelosingend.net To: Erik Trulsson In-Reply-To: <20050205225512.GA78786@falcon.midgard.homeip.net> Message-ID: <20050207091209.D71459@maren.thelosingend.net> References: <200502051745.25937.hindrich@worldchat.com> <20050205225512.GA78786@falcon.midgard.homeip.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Content-Scanned: with sophos and spamassassin at mailgw.ntnu.no. cc: Peterhin cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Electricity bill [was: Re: Leaving a Computer Running ?] X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: questions@freebsd.org List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 07 Feb 2005 08:21:55 -0000 * Erik Trulsson [2005-02-05 23:55 +0100] > Also keep in mind that if you leave the computer running all the time > it will show up on your electricity bill, so if you wish to save power > you should shut down your computer over night. Given that your house needs to be warmed up (a presumption I think is correct for Sweden as you appears to be sending from; it sure does for Norway, I don't know about the OP), it does not matter where that heat comes from. If your other heating is termostatically controlled, then running your computer all night long uses no less electricity than leaving your heating on. Eventually, all those kWhs ends up as heat. You might just as well use it for something usefull in the way from electric to thermic energy, and not just send your electrons through an electric resistance for nothing (except heat-generation)! (Of course this argument is not valid if you need to cool your house, or if you use radiators, water-born heating, a wood-burning stove or something else other than electricity to warm up your house) Svein Halvor