Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2005 21:28:44 -0700 From: Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC <chad@shire.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Electricity bill - OT Message-ID: <EB3652CD-7989-11D9-B134-000D933E3CEC@shire.net> 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>
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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
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