On Thu, 15 Nov 2007, Chris Shaw wrote:
I've always been told that a light takes less power to keep it on all of the time
than it does to turn it on & off. It supposedly takes
alot more electricity to start up a light than just to leave it on. So I would
think the same applies to just about any other
electrical device, including HD's.
Mythbusters busted this. The worst culprit is the florescent, and turning
them on is equivilent to 30seconds of leaving them on. So if you're gone
for longer than 30 seconds you're saving money by turning them off.
That of course doesn't take into account the wear and tear from turning
them on and off.
Christopher Fisk
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