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> But even if, why do you keep your power efficient router running 24/7? You could turn it off when you're not home to save even more energy. You jest, but I t
by yakubin 5y ago
> But even if, why do you keep your power efficient router running 24/7? You could turn it off when you're not home to save even more energy.
You jest, but I turn off my router for the night and each time I leave home for more than a day. Not just router to be exact, everything that's connected to a power strip goes down, as I turn off all the power strips. (Not OP.)
- 83457 5y agoWhy not just go all in and shut off at breakers?
- oriolid 5y agoFridge.
- elric 5y agoBreakers are not made for very frequent on/off cycles. They won't last as long as a light switch for instance. I've never seen a light switch wear out, but I have seen breakers wear out (at which point they trip very easily, and eventually seem to just permanently fail open).
- stefan_ 5y agoNot a fan of the "turning the power strips off" method. Power supply failures are the number one reason why expensive electronics turn to bricks and subjecting them to the large inrush current that happens on the primary side every time you do the mechanical switch thing is a great way to significantly accelerate that process. Penny wise, pound foolish kind of thing.
- yakubin 5y agoThat's the primary method of turning embedded devices on and off though. :) During development it's done around the clock and noone bats an eye. Rule of thumb: if a device doesn't have a power button, it's fine to turn off using the power strip.
- yownie 5y agoI'd assume because development process doesn't need to deal with repercussions of accelerated power supply degradation
- yunohn 5y agoWhat do you mean? Things that don’t have an in-built switch, are meant to be fine hot plugging and as such, controlling via a power strip is fine.
- elric 5y agoI have physical switches on or near every outlet. Anything that's not actively being used gets turned off. With the exception of my oven and hob, because those are nearly impossible to reach. I use roughly 2kWh/day. This approach probably doesn't make much sense if you're using an order of magnitude more power. But it makes sense for me.
- a2tech 5y agoCrazy. My wife and I used 619 kWh last month
- nixgeek 5y agoWe were at 5MWh last month, so it’s all relative. Don’t feel bad.
- liketochill 5y agoThat is impressive! Did you do that on a 200A 120/240V service? What is your load? Ac?
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- heartbreak 5y agoNot the person you were replying to, but my June statement lists 1,800 kWh. I'm in a two-bedroom apartment in Texas. The primary consumer of power by far is AC, which is kept at 68 degrees in the summer (partly for temperature, partly for humidity). My effective rate after all the fees was $0.11/kWh.
- nixgeek 5y agoIt’s 240V/400A split-phase service, PNW, around $0.11/kWh. Air conditioning is a big part of it when the temperatures are high. Also charging multiple bEV, a lot of 24x7 loads: half-dozen fridges, a couple large freezers, wine cellar, about 1kW of IT+AV equipment, etc.