Alan McKinnon wrote: > On 30/08/2015 17:56, Peter Humphrey wrote: >> On Sunday 30 August 2015 00:04:43 Philip Webb wrote: >>> How long do desktop users typically leave their systems between reboots ? >>> How long between power off/on's ? >>> >>> I've long been in the habit of switching everything off while I sleep, >>> then restarting after I've woken & got going again myself. >>> However recently, I've run into delays getting my router >>> (only 1 device attached) to shake hands successfully with my ISP's server, >>> which have been requiring several power off/on's before it works. >>> As a result, I've started rebooting only after my weekly system update >>> -- it means I get to use the new versions of everything -- >>> & not powering off at all ; the monitor + Xscreensaver are off >>> whenever I'm away from the machine for >= 1 hr (approx). >>> >>> Are there any pro's/con's I sb aware of ? >> No-one has yet mentioned taking backups. I'm still using a brute-force >> approach, in which I shut down each of my two machines once a week to make a >> backup to external disk. Otherwise they're on 24 hours a day running BOINC >> projects. On the desktop PC kmail makes a daily archive of messages, and >> once >> a day a cron job copies my user directory to /home/<me>.bu/ . >> >> I know it burns energy but I'm prepared to make my small contribution to >> what >> I think is a good cause. >> > > A desktop or laptop will typically draw far less power than a single 60W > incandescent bulb. I bet you have quite a lot of those. Even if not, the > CFLs you'll have to give you light at night still draw much much more > than a computer. > > If saving energy is your personal driver, then you should be looking at > water heaters, central heaters, aircon and stove as the main culprits. > Everything else, whilst measurable, is a small drop in the bucket and > probably not worth worrying about. > > Assuming of course that your computer is a desktop/laptop, and not a 42U > cabinet jam packed full of Dell 2950s >
Don't forget the clothes dryer to, if you have one. Mine is electric and it pulls as much as my water heater does. I just don't use it as much is all. Dale :-) :-)
