Google "kill a watt" for links to some low cost ($20 - $25) electricity usage monitors.
They are fun to use, I've tracked every appliance in the house and discovered that I could have paid for a new refrigerator in power savings if I had bought one 5 years earlier! Dale On Jan 11, 2012, at 6:25 AM, faithie999 wrote: > here's a dumb question--how are you measuring power consumption? > > thanks > > ken > > > > On Jan 10, 10:19 am, JOHN CARMONNE <[email protected]> wrote: >> On Jan 9, 2012, at 11:36 PM, [email protected] wrote: >> >> >> >>> 1. I have had chances to grab various G5's for between $100 and $150. >>> I have been hesitant because I have ehard they use so much power. Do >>> they really use that much more power than a G4? How much more? My >> >> My G4 MDD 1.25 was 295 watts. My PPC G5 dual 2.7 averages 410 watts >> and my Mac Pro is 98 watts both doing the same work most of the time, >> however the G5's are much faster then the G4's. The G5's with the fans >> running most of the time suck up a lot of juice. >> >> John Carmonne >> Yorba Linda CA 92886 >> From iMac Core Duo 2.0 > > -- > You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for > those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power > Macs. > The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette > guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
