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                      I've got the power (but how much?)

> Sitting at an idle Gnome desktop, this thing sucks up 153W of power. I was
> almost scared to push it. But I did anyway.
>
> Pulling Linus' latest git tree into my local tree sucked up 216W of power
> at its peak.
>
> Just when I thought I'd seen it all, a -j4 kernel compile of that same tree
> pulled 258W.
>
> I no longer leave this box on 24/7.
>

Via Robot Wisdom [1], “Fun with power [2]”

Dave [3] used the Kill-a-Watt [4] to measure the power consumption of his
equipment. I think it's something we could use at Casa New Jersey, since our
power bills are a bit high (then again, we do use Lake Worth Utilities [5],
which charges more than FPL (Florida Power and Light) [6]).

[1] http://www.robotwisdom.com/
[2] http://www.livejournal.com/users/kernelslacker/30873.html
[3] http://www.livejournal.com/users/kernelslacker/
[4] http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/electronic/7657/
[5] http://www.lakeworth.org/index.asp?Type=B_BASIC&SEC=
[6] http://www.fpl.com/

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