Power consumption of various appliances
| Appliance | Status | Approximate power consumption (W) | Approximate time to consume 1 unit (1 kWh) | Approximate
power consumption in 24 hours (kWh) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Computers | ||||||
| Desktop machine, AMD Athlon 64 X2 dual core 5600+ (2.8GHz) CPU, 2 IDE hard drives, 1 DVD drive(RW), 2 PCI cards. 3 case fans. | Running under load, an instance of CPDN running on each core | 88 | 11 hours | 2.18 |
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| Normal use | 71 | 13 hours | 1.54 |
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| Powered down | 4 | 220 hours | 0.11 |
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| Backup machine, AMD Athlon 64 X2 dual core 3600+ (2.0GHz) CPU, 1 IDE hard drive, 1 CD drive, 2 PCI cards | Normal use | 77 | 13 hours | 1.85 |
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| Powered down | 7 | 130 hours | 0.18 |
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| MSI Hetis barebones, 2Ghz Intel Pentium processor, 1 IDE hard drive, 1 DVD drive (RO), 2 PCI cards used as Tuner/VDR (Video Disk Recorder) | Normal use as a TV tuner and Video Disk Recorder | 60 | 15 hours | 1.60 |
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| Powered down | 2 | 900 hours | 0.05 |
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| Office server, AMD Athlon 64 X2 dual core 4200+ (2.2GHz) CPU, 2 SATA hard drives, 1 CD drive, 1 PCI card | Normal use | 87 |
11 hours |
2.08 |
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| AMD
Athlon K6-II
500MHz CPU, 1 IDE hard drive, 2 PCI cards, 1 ISA card |
Old IPCop
firewall, normal use, now dead but I'll leave the data here for
reference |
31 |
30
hours |
0.80 |
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| Sony
Vaio
PCG-fx605 |
IPCop
firewall, normal use, now retired due to high power consumption |
38 |
26 hours | 0.92 |
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| Acer laptop Travelmate 4400, AMD Turion T 64 Mobile 1.6 GHz CPU | Normal use | 34 |
30 hours |
0.80 |
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| Compaq M700 laptop, Intel Mobile Pentium M III 700 Mhz processor | IPCop
firewall, normal use, now retired and replaced with an Alix 2D3 running Monowall (not tested for power
consumption
yet) |
11 |
80 |
0.29 |
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| Alix 2D13 Server |
Mini server with 12Gb HD and
attached USB drive |
7 |
138 |
0.18 |
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| Monitors | ||||||
| Grundig GU22DVD 22" LCD TV/DVD player, external PSU | Normal use as display for VDR | 51 | 20 hours | 1.22 |
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| Powered down | 2 | 400 hours | 0.06 |
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| Hyundai N220W 22" LCD monitor, internal PSU | Normal use | 36 | 27 hours | 0.89 |
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| Powered down | 0 | N/A | 0.00 |
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| Acer AL1764W 17"
LCD monitor,
external PSU, now dead |
Normal use | 42 | 24 hours | 1.00 |
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| Powered down | 3 | 170 hours | 0.06 |
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| Miscellaneous | ||||||
| Samsung ML1610 laser printer | Ready to print | 3 | 150 hours | 0.16 |
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| BT Voyager V210 router | Normal use | 4 | 200 hours | 0.12 |
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| Mentor 8 port switch/hub | Normal use | 4 | 220 hours | 0.11 |
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| Zyxel P660R-D1 |
Router |
4 |
220 hours | 0.11 |
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| Creative Soundworks DTT3500 |
External
5.1 speaker sound system |
17 |
55 hours |
0.44 |
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