Power Saving
Today I was buying some bricolage accessories in aki, when I spotted the power meter that Joao Barros mentioned a few days ago, so I decided to buy one to.
Let me start by saying how much power I’ve started saving by turning off “stand-by” equipments:
- Living room TV (8W in “off”!? and 12W in standby)
- Desktop computer, 2x LCD Monitor (8w) - which I don’t use anymore but were still plugged in.
- Kitchen TV (4W)
- Several Power adapters (4W)
Curiosities:
- G4 mac-mini (30W on, 3W on standby!!)
- Microwave (4W to display a clock !?
Hope to save some € thanks to this 
Posted: February 26th, 2008 under English.
Tags: ecology, Gadgets
Comments
Comment from Ricardo Proença
Time 1 March, 2008 at 8:41 pm
I’ve trying to do a energy audit to my home and that will be an essential addition to my toolkit.
Could you post the name of the product, price and its specifications?
Thank you very much.
Comment from Diogo Gomes
Time 1 March, 2008 at 9:12 pm
I don’t recall the actual name of the product (I trashed the box in which it came in). But it is a product from Chacon which I bought in AKI.
Comment from Ricardo Proença
Time 3 March, 2008 at 2:17 am
Well thank you for your input.
I just wanted to know that information just to see some reviews of the product before I buy it, but i will go search for it tomorrow on AKI
I will post the request in João Barros’ blog, just to see if he can give me that information until tomorrow.
Comment from Claymore
Time 7 March, 2008 at 8:46 pm
yep, it’s kinda amazing the power that some electronic products consume. I’m about to buy a new desktop and i’m kinda scared because it will require a power suply with a minimum output of 800Watts just to be sure that it will stay stable and functional without any kind of problems…
I would like to have one of those gadgets, yes i would…
Comment from João Barros
Time 26 February, 2008 at 3:28 pm
12W is a little different then the announced 0.3W on Sony’s specs…
Yes, this little device pays for itself