This was my question too, Bernie, rather in the beginning:
> ... I do NOT suggest that the network is powered
> down but that the (user) computers on it should be turned off when not
> used. By doing so the network traffic would be reduced (atleast on a
> single segment) and the power usage would be much less.
And there's by and by some data accumulating over the last years which
show that even the socalled "green" 'puters are far off the mark; one
account given for Germany was that two of the country's 1000-MW
nuclear stations turn just for the "sleep" current of all sorts of
machines in "stand-by" state (TVs, faxes, 'puters and the rest).
> ... How much power
> does a single computer use (including monitor) when turned on for 16
> hours? (This is for the aproximately time of unuse - more likely it's a
> few hours more.)
This is comparably easy to measure (or even to calculate). The idling
machine would use about 8 to 10 % of the nominal value of the power unit,
i.e. around 20 VA, the monitor would use much more (even in "sleep"
mode) if not really shut off.
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