RE: Electricty Usage/Costs (Again)

["Mark McCall" <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Yup, saw it the first time and meant to reply.

Looks interesting.

M.

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx]=20
> On Behalf Of Ho Yin Ng
> Sent: 25 September 2006 14:45
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Electricty Usage/Costs (Again)
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> Not sure if this went through the yahoo system - I didn't get my post.
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> But apologies if it is a repost.
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> Was at 100% design yesterday and saw this:
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> http://www.diykyoto.com/
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> It is a wireless device that sits anywhere at home and=20
> measures the amount of electricty you use and displays it constantly.
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> A clip is attached the mains cable by your meter and this=20
> broadcasts the amount of energy you use to the Watson.
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> The Watson can store up to 3 years of information on it and=20
> you can download this via USB on to your PC which can be=20
> graphically displayed via their beta program.
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> Looks nice and interesting.
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> I think it costs about =A3300 at the moment but they only have=20
> a limited edition. They hope to reduce the price to =A3150 when=20
> they get a proper production run. At the moment the device is=20
> hand made.
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> If you are interest and contact them please let them know you=20
> heard it from Ho yin at Future Systems who was at 100% design.
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> Ho yin
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> no affiliation etc etc.
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> On 25/09/06, David Gumbrell <david.gumbrell@xxxxxxx> wrote:
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> >   Useful comparison on Intel vs AMD from the perspective of power
> > consumption:
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> > http://www.lostcircuits.com/cpu/low_e/14.shtml
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> > I'm going to look even harder at AMD now.
> >
> > Cheers,
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> > Dave
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> > On 9/24/06, Andy Davies <dajdavies@xxxxxxx=20
> <dajdavies%40gmail.com>>
> > wrote:
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> > > Just found this via Digg, which is equally scary...
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> > > http://www.overclockers.com/articles1364/
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> > > On 20/09/06, Mark McCall=20
> > > <lists@xxxxxxx<lists%40automatedhome.co.uk>
> > <lists%40automatedhome.co.uk>>
> > > wrote:
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> > > > Last night I was measuring the power usage of a little
NAS unit
> > compared
> > > > to
> > > > a PC and thought the info might be useful to some here.
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> > > > uses 18Watts and the PC almost 150Watts.
> > > >
> > > > Using this calculator...
> > > > http://www.ukpower.co.uk/running-costs-elec.asp
> > > > ..the annual 24/7 running costs for each work out as
follows
> > > >
> > > > NAS - =A317.38
> > > > PC - =A3144.80
> > > >
> > >
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