Mine is on 24/7.. the only time its turned off is if theres a storm.
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Is your computer on 24/7???
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It's not bad, but not necessary in the least. It will absosmurfly cost you more money to leave it on.Originally Posted by emb_78
I leave my computer on all the time... Is that really bad? Is it actually costing me more to leave it on?
Mine is left on 24-7. I shut it down super randomly the other day before I went out though!
Mine gets shut down at bedtime.
Mostly because of the fans, it's pretty hot here as well as dry, shutting down and allowing my machine to cool prolongs the life of the fans.
Mostly because of the fans, it's pretty hot here as well as dry, shutting down and allowing my machine to cool prolongs the life of the fans.
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Yep, I do it for the fans too. Burned out fans aren't happy fans and I live to keep my fans happy. Like, where would we be without the fans?
Pfft, gotta have happy fans!
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Yes we gotta! Otherwise , the fans can get really rowdy and unruly. Nobody like the sound of a whiny fan.Originally Posted by Arlyn
Pfft, gotta have happy fans!
i have an apple so it goes to sleep after alittle bit and basically turned off, but i have not shut it off since the last time the power went out.
Ditto!Originally Posted by leesali
I haven't turned mine off in YEARS!! My son's PC is also on 24/7. It is healthier for the PC to keep it on than to shut it down & start it up. Rebooting/restarting is a different story. That must be done for your PC to recognize any new updates/programs installed. Sorry...sounding a bit nerdy there
My computer is on all the time. Since getting my wireless laptop, it's within arms reach just about all the time. When I'm doing something in another part of the house, I can still hear my alerts, and it's next to me when I sleep. The only obstacle I've found is Sierra and Serenity keep trying to post to threads and send email! They find screens on the computer I never knew existed!
My computer was on 24/7/365 for the past 6 years, at least... until I moved to my aunt's house and had to pay a $150 electricity bill... iunno why it was so much cuz my father never complained and believe me, he would have... so now I have it on when I'm home which is a lot! and I turn it off when I go to sleep and to work... unless I'm downloading something or burning a CD...
I leave my laptop (work computer) on all the time during the week. When I take it home for weekends (which I'm also expected to be available by my helpless boss), I turn it on & leave it on all weekend.
My home computer, a dinosaur that runs real slow and isn't really worth the space it takes up, only comes on when I'm downloading mp3's so I can burn & play MUSIC. I don't use it for anything other than jamming & burning cd's.
My home computer, a dinosaur that runs real slow and isn't really worth the space it takes up, only comes on when I'm downloading mp3's so I can burn & play MUSIC. I don't use it for anything other than jamming & burning cd's.
I only turn mine on when I'm actually using it. When a thunderstorm is predicted I shut off the power strip and unplug it from the wall. I'm pretty energy conscious as everything in our house is electric. I unplug lots of stuff if I'm not using it!! There is a website called focusonenergy.com I think by one of Wisconsin's power companies that has good energy tips.
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If you want to fin out how much the pc uses in one night / day, its simple maths. Pick a start time - ie 07.00 and go look at the leccy meter. Record the reading right down to the kWh - electricity is measured in kWh. Then - do what ever you do during the day- best if out at work and no one home. Then, as you get back in - read the meter again. This is having had the pc on all day.
Following day, same experiment - this time with you out and pc off all day. Read meter at start and when you get in.
as you will have used more - albeit slightly on the day its on, take the evening reading from the morning reading and this will give you the amount of kiloWatt hours used.
Do the same for the day the pc is off.
Say now that the day the pc was on and nothing happened but normal stuff during the day, look at that figure- for example- you used 12 units (kWh).
The day it was all off, you used 6 units (kWh).
Now look at your recent leccy bill and find out how much 1 unit (kwh) cost - ie 0.06 pence- therefore, on the day it was on the property used 12 x 0.06 = 0.72 cents or pence.
Following day with pc off and average day, you used 8 units - again 8 x 0.06 = 0.48 cents or pence.
Over the period your pc was off, 0.72 - 0.48 - saved you 24 pence / cents
Thats the way to calculate usage.
As someone that works on these things - they dont use a lot of £££ the first thing the voltage does is drop down in a pc from here in the uk to 110v from 240. Then it just gets lower due to the electronics in them
Always turn pc off and disconnect from wall in an electric storm.
Hope I have helped
Kev
ex fire engineer and knows a few things about electrics - now what were those colors - red to red, green to green = blue-= to bits!!!
Following day, same experiment - this time with you out and pc off all day. Read meter at start and when you get in.
as you will have used more - albeit slightly on the day its on, take the evening reading from the morning reading and this will give you the amount of kiloWatt hours used.
Do the same for the day the pc is off.
Say now that the day the pc was on and nothing happened but normal stuff during the day, look at that figure- for example- you used 12 units (kWh).
The day it was all off, you used 6 units (kWh).
Now look at your recent leccy bill and find out how much 1 unit (kwh) cost - ie 0.06 pence- therefore, on the day it was on the property used 12 x 0.06 = 0.72 cents or pence.
Following day with pc off and average day, you used 8 units - again 8 x 0.06 = 0.48 cents or pence.
Over the period your pc was off, 0.72 - 0.48 - saved you 24 pence / cents
Thats the way to calculate usage.
As someone that works on these things - they dont use a lot of £££ the first thing the voltage does is drop down in a pc from here in the uk to 110v from 240. Then it just gets lower due to the electronics in them
Always turn pc off and disconnect from wall in an electric storm.
Hope I have helped
Kev
ex fire engineer and knows a few things about electrics - now what were those colors - red to red, green to green = blue-= to bits!!!
When I'm home, I will leave the computer on until I am ready for bed. I do turn off the monitor though because it gets hot and I also don't want to wear out the screen.
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