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Louiseuk25 wrote:Hmmm, has anyone got any electrical usage figures that I can throw at my boyf to persuade him that leaving his PC on 24 hours a day is not more economical than turning it on and off before bed and work.
A PC that is on and doing something uses about the same amount of electricity as leaving a light bulb on all the time. This assumes the screen is switched off!
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Of course, the logical thing is to use the power management settings to force the PC into standby mode after a certain period of inactivity...I really must stop loafing and get back to work...0
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