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Location: everywhere
Posted:
https://www.localcooling.com/
please use it, and pass it around.
thanks
https://www.localcooling.com/
please use it, and pass it around.
thanks
Holistic Spinner (I hope)
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Geek-enviro-hippy priest
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Location: Diss, Norfolk, United Kingdom
Geek-enviro-hippy priest
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Location: Diss, Norfolk, United Kingdom
Posted:
Great! (Windows only, so no good for me, but good otherwise).
There are a few other things you can do: monitors often stay on standby when the PC is off (I admit I'm guilty of this myself), external hard drives are on, etc etc.
On my computer I have power adaptors that use power all the time unless they are turned off at the wall: my speakers hard drive laptop charger etc. It's always good to turn computers off at the wall then they are not in use.
Great! (Windows only, so no good for me, but good otherwise).
There are a few other things you can do: monitors often stay on standby when the PC is off (I admit I'm guilty of this myself), external hard drives are on, etc etc.
On my computer I have power adaptors that use power all the time unless they are turned off at the wall: my speakers hard drive laptop charger etc. It's always good to turn computers off at the wall then they are not in use.
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Momma Bear
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Momma Bear
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Location: Telford, Shrops, United Kingdom
Posted:
done and done! cheers Rob
done and done! cheers Rob
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Carpal \'Tunnel
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Location: Perth, Australia
Carpal \'Tunnel
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Location: Perth, Australia
Posted:
I try to turn mine off at night at least, but its because they blink ominously at me. Now I have a better reasoning.
I try to turn mine off at night at least, but its because they blink ominously at me. Now I have a better reasoning.
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Pooh-Bah
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Location: Canada
Pooh-Bah
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Location: Canada
Posted:
What? shut down my computer? are you kidding, it's one of my main sources of heat. Ok maybe that's a little over the top and completely invalid in the summer, but over the course of the day I notice enough heat coming off this thing to not have to turn other sources of heat...and that I'm not kidding about. Don't believe me? put your hand over the vent at the back of your computer and feel the heat coming out of there, that's where that 200W/hour is going....into making heat.
Granted, I do shut this thing off at night and when I go out, but on average it's running 12 hours/day, seven days a week, but an even worse offender IMO ( I haven't run down the numbers yet ) is my cable modem. I can warm food on this thing , I'm not making this up either, as I type this, there's a pot of chicken fried rice sitting on the thing ( I don't have a kitchen....it's a long story ) so in about an hour I'll have a reasonably warm breakfast.
Problem is..this modem doesn't have an off switch, it's designed to be on forever, which kind of freaks me out in an appliance plugged in, generating heat fire hazard kinda way, so after shutting down the computer, I hit the switch on a power bar to turn off the whole system. For some strange reason, this computer used to turn itself on in the middle of the night..now it can't. ha!!! take that self determined appliance.
It would be interesting to post a comparison of various household appliances and their relative power consumptions, just to get an idea of how bad taking a hot shower, running a clothes dryer, and using an ( electric ) oven stack up when compared to, say light bulbs or stereos.
What? shut down my computer? are you kidding, it's one of my main sources of heat. Ok maybe that's a little over the top and completely invalid in the summer, but over the course of the day I notice enough heat coming off this thing to not have to turn other sources of heat...and that I'm not kidding about. Don't believe me? put your hand over the vent at the back of your computer and feel the heat coming out of there, that's where that 200W/hour is going....into making heat.
Granted, I do shut this thing off at night and when I go out, but on average it's running 12 hours/day, seven days a week, but an even worse offender IMO ( I haven't run down the numbers yet ) is my cable modem. I can warm food on this thing , I'm not making this up either, as I type this, there's a pot of chicken fried rice sitting on the thing ( I don't have a kitchen....it's a long story ) so in about an hour I'll have a reasonably warm breakfast.
Problem is..this modem doesn't have an off switch, it's designed to be on forever, which kind of freaks me out in an appliance plugged in, generating heat fire hazard kinda way, so after shutting down the computer, I hit the switch on a power bar to turn off the whole system. For some strange reason, this computer used to turn itself on in the middle of the night..now it can't. ha!!! take that self determined appliance.
It would be interesting to post a comparison of various household appliances and their relative power consumptions, just to get an idea of how bad taking a hot shower, running a clothes dryer, and using an ( electric ) oven stack up when compared to, say light bulbs or stereos.
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Geek-enviro-hippy priest
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Location: Diss, Norfolk, United Kingdom
Geek-enviro-hippy priest
1,858 posts
Location: Diss, Norfolk, United Kingdom
Posted:
Stout, I'm the same: my computer heats my office. This winter we've used almost no heating (I'd say we've used about 40 hours since we moved in last September).
I heard something about routers the other day: they are designed to run on 12a but 18a adaptors are cheaper or something so a study found that 7 out of 10 routers were running at 18a. I guess that is the reason for the heat - mine is the same, it can get to the point where isn't not pleasant to touch because of the heat.
Stout, I'm the same: my computer heats my office. This winter we've used almost no heating (I'd say we've used about 40 hours since we moved in last September).
I heard something about routers the other day: they are designed to run on 12a but 18a adaptors are cheaper or something so a study found that 7 out of 10 routers were running at 18a. I guess that is the reason for the heat - mine is the same, it can get to the point where isn't not pleasant to touch because of the heat.
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the henna lady
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Location: WNY, USA
the henna lady
6,193 posts
Location: WNY, USA
Posted:
I dunno if anyone is interested but there are alot of (U.S.) appliance use information on
https://www.energy.ca.gov/efficiency/appliances/
and at
www.energystar.gov
might be a start.
The computer stuff, last year we used PWB's two pc's to heat the entire upstairs floor, which is also where we kept the reptiles.
This year they aren't on at all and yet it is almost as warm up there, which is really odd.
When I was growing up I was always taught that it is bad for things to plug 'em in and unplug them, etc. Now we have everything on strips that we just turn off...well, except for the fridge and the washer/dryer.
I dunno if anyone is interested but there are alot of (U.S.) appliance use information on
https://www.energy.ca.gov/efficiency/appliances/
and at
www.energystar.gov
might be a start.
The computer stuff, last year we used PWB's two pc's to heat the entire upstairs floor, which is also where we kept the reptiles.
This year they aren't on at all and yet it is almost as warm up there, which is really odd.
When I was growing up I was always taught that it is bad for things to plug 'em in and unplug them, etc. Now we have everything on strips that we just turn off...well, except for the fridge and the washer/dryer.
Pele
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Location: Manchester, England (UK)
with added berries
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Location: Manchester, England (UK)
Posted:
ooo, good topic. The school I'm working in at the moment is doing the 'live simply' campaign over lent. On monday I'm talking to my form about reuseing carrier bags, something I'm pretty pasionate about. (Next time you go to the supermarket have a look at how many bags are being used up, all at the same time at the checkout. Thats just one supermarket in a 2 minute time period. Pretty shocking actually).
Anyway, the live simply website is here if you're interested. I think its meant to have some good information on it. live simply
On the same note of computers, think about charging mobile phones and mp3 players etc. Most don't take more than half an hour to an hour to charge. Yet we tend to leave them on charge overnight. Some people leave them on every night. All that power is still going through the line, even once they're fully charged. There's loads you can do to make a difference
EDITED_BY: pricklyleaf (1172399529)
ooo, good topic. The school I'm working in at the moment is doing the 'live simply' campaign over lent. On monday I'm talking to my form about reuseing carrier bags, something I'm pretty pasionate about. (Next time you go to the supermarket have a look at how many bags are being used up, all at the same time at the checkout. Thats just one supermarket in a 2 minute time period. Pretty shocking actually).
Anyway, the live simply website is here if you're interested. I think its meant to have some good information on it. live simply
On the same note of computers, think about charging mobile phones and mp3 players etc. Most don't take more than half an hour to an hour to charge. Yet we tend to leave them on charge overnight. Some people leave them on every night. All that power is still going through the line, even once they're fully charged. There's loads you can do to make a difference
EDITED_BY: pricklyleaf (1172399529)
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wandering thru the woods of WI
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Location: Wisconsin, USA
Posted:
our picknsave has a spot where you can drop off your old plastic bags
nice, but i wonder what happens to them
our picknsave has a spot where you can drop off your old plastic bags
nice, but i wonder what happens to them
Faith
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Location: ffidrac
1,643 posts
Location: ffidrac
Posted:
hmmm... is anyone else using local cooling on a laptop? i forgot that i left mine on earlier, was kind of expecting the program to have turned it off, or send it to hibernate but it didn't...?
hmmm... is anyone else using local cooling on a laptop? i forgot that i left mine on earlier, was kind of expecting the program to have turned it off, or send it to hibernate but it didn't...?
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Location: everywhere
Posted:
yep, i am. you have to make sure your settings are set....
saved 2kwh in the last week. probably would be more if i didn't already have quite good settings, and remember to turn it off most of the time....
yep, i am. you have to make sure your settings are set....
saved 2kwh in the last week. probably would be more if i didn't already have quite good settings, and remember to turn it off most of the time....
Holistic Spinner (I hope)
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lapsed spinner
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Location: Dublin, Ireland
lapsed spinner
412 posts
Location: Dublin, Ireland
Posted:
We used to be able to recycle plastic bags too - they make garden furniture from them.
Now that we have to pay 15c for every bag though, people try to hang on to them for longer. Or not use plastic bags at all.
Written by: faithinfire
our picknsave has a spot where you can drop off your old plastic bags
nice, but i wonder what happens to them
We used to be able to recycle plastic bags too - they make garden furniture from them.
Now that we have to pay 15c for every bag though, people try to hang on to them for longer. Or not use plastic bags at all.
Helen_of_Poi
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Location: ffidrac
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Posted:
hmmm... yeah, i think mine already has quite good settings on it too, maybe that's why it doesn't apparently seem to be doing anything, i usually hibernate my laptop anyway when i'm away for even an hour or so, but i forgot the other day, and i thought that in the past it hibernated itself in that situation.... only it didn't, hence my confuzzlement... will give it a few more days and see how much energy i can save in a week too
Written by: bluecat
yep, i am. you have to make sure your settings are set....
saved 2kwh in the last week. probably would be more if i didn't already have quite good settings, and remember to turn it off most of the time....
hmmm... yeah, i think mine already has quite good settings on it too, maybe that's why it doesn't apparently seem to be doing anything, i usually hibernate my laptop anyway when i'm away for even an hour or so, but i forgot the other day, and i thought that in the past it hibernated itself in that situation.... only it didn't, hence my confuzzlement... will give it a few more days and see how much energy i can save in a week too
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Location: Guelph, ON, Canada
veteran
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Location: Guelph, ON, Canada
Posted:
I'd do this, but I don't use my computer enough... Sits in my room, and gets maybe... 5 hours of use a week. But I'll keep it in mind if my computer use goes up!
I'd do this, but I don't use my computer enough... Sits in my room, and gets maybe... 5 hours of use a week. But I'll keep it in mind if my computer use goes up!
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