Comments on: Laptop Power http://greencouple.com/2009/03/19/laptop-power/ Learning to live green and live together Sat, 07 Apr 2012 15:27:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Will http://greencouple.com/2009/03/19/laptop-power/comment-page-1/#comment-3333 Will Sat, 21 Mar 2009 22:05:18 +0000 http://greencouple.com/?p=579#comment-3333 Our TV is about 5 years old, so I think it shouldn't be too bad, but we also have a DVD player and a Wii hooked up on the same power strip, so it might be a lot for our "entertainment center." The electrical meter is right outside our back door, so I can usually figure out pretty easily how much power is being drawn at any particular time. The hard part is figuring out what's drawing all that power, which is where the Kill-A-Watt and process of elmination come in. The One Stone Carbon Reduction Challenge seems very cool. I'll have to look at it in more detail when I have more free time! Our TV is about 5 years old, so I think it shouldn’t be too bad, but we also have a DVD player and a Wii hooked up on the same power strip, so it might be a lot for our “entertainment center.”

The electrical meter is right outside our back door, so I can usually figure out pretty easily how much power is being drawn at any particular time. The hard part is figuring out what’s drawing all that power, which is where the Kill-A-Watt and process of elmination come in.

The One Stone Carbon Reduction Challenge seems very cool. I’ll have to look at it in more detail when I have more free time!

]]> By: Emily http://greencouple.com/2009/03/19/laptop-power/comment-page-1/#comment-3300 Emily Thu, 19 Mar 2009 20:16:53 +0000 http://greencouple.com/?p=579#comment-3300 We've been playing with our Kill-a-Watt and found that the older TV/DVD/converter drew 12w when OFF. The new one draws 4w when off. A couple other resources: Black and Decker is making a new tool that will read your electric meter "live" so you can see what your water heater or dryer draws. They also make a point-and-shoot thermal leak detector: http://blackanddecker.com/Energy/ I also did a bunch of calculations for as I drew up the One Stone Carbon Reduction Challenge - you might want to take a look and geek out at some figures with me. :) http://eatclosetohome.wordpress.com/one-stone-carbon-challenge/ We’ve been playing with our Kill-a-Watt and found that the older TV/DVD/converter drew 12w when OFF. The new one draws 4w when off.

A couple other resources: Black and Decker is making a new tool that will read your electric meter “live” so you can see what your water heater or dryer draws. They also make a point-and-shoot thermal leak detector: http://blackanddecker.com/Energy/

I also did a bunch of calculations for as I drew up the One Stone Carbon Reduction Challenge – you might want to take a look and geek out at some figures with me. :) http://eatclosetohome.wordpress.com/one-stone-carbon-challenge/

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