<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;">Oh, we all know knowledge is power... which is why:<br><br>knowledge = power<br>power = work/time<br>time = money<br>knowledge = work/money<br>money = work/knowledge<br><br>Therefore:<br>The more you know, the less you make.<br><br>Old, I know, but thought I'd bring it up.<br><br>I already figured the PS/3 must consume lots of power. My game room cools down 8 degrees after I turn it off. It's great for heating the house.<br>Sometimes, when I want to watch the neighbors' lights flicker, I'll turn it on.<br><br>Solomon<br>--- On <b>Thu, 11/20/08, Robert Leyva <i><mrflash818@geophile.net></i></b> wrote:<br><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;">From: Robert Leyva <mrflash818@geophile.net><br>Subject: Re: [SGVLUG] help save the world, pwr off game consoles<br>To: "SGVLUG Discussion
List." <sgvlug@sgvlug.net><br>Cc: sgvlug@sgvlug.org<br>Date: Thursday, November 20, 2008, 10:43 PM<br><br><pre>Knowledge is truly power:<br><br>Purchase or borrow a Kill A Watt meter (I did) and see what the actual<br>phantom loads are on things like the fridge, tv, pc, and game consoles.<br><br>Or, simply plug such things (except the fridge) into powerstrips with<br>switches, and 'hard' switch them off when not in use. Removes<br>'phantom<br>loads'. :)<br><br>If you really really have time to kill, I audited the power of many of my<br>home appliances using my Kill A Watt meter. Saved myself from buying a new<br>fridge, as I the recommendation is to replace any fridge 10yrs old or<br>older, as it 'probably is not efficient' only to measure my own and<br>find<br>it was quite miserly.<br><br>><br>> fyi -<br>><br>> HOLY SMOKING electronics!!<br>><br>> "If left on continuously, the Playstation 3 or Xbox 360 will
consume<br>the<br>> same amount of energy as two new refrigerators over the course of a<br>year."<br>><br>><br>><br>> remember 2 power off electronics when you can<br>><br>><br>http://green.yahoo.com/blog/the_conscious_consumer/21/stop-wasting-money-video-games-and-energy-efficiency.html<br>><br>> best<br>> matti<br>><br>><br>><br>><br>><br><br><br>-- <br>"Knowledge is Power" -- Francis Bacon<br><br>Robert Leyva<br>mrflash818@geophile.net<br>AOL IM: mrflash818<br>http://mrflash818.livejournal.com<br><br><br></pre></blockquote></td></tr></table><br>