The Pentiums Vs. Energy Consumption
How often do you actually think about the energy it takes to power your laptop, PC, X-Box or PS3? All of these machines consume vast quantities of energy, almost 100 watts more than a standard 32” LCD TV consumes. Interestingly most of the peripherals hardly use any energy at all – the X-Box wireless controllers do not even register on the consumption lists mostly because they are always in radio communication with the machine itself.
So why all this talk of energy? Well believe it or not me and Jarade have been stung recently with high fuel bills and as a result have been analysing our consumption levels. To do this we had to find a product that would enable us to determine how much energy all our gadgets and machines were using accurately. This proved more challenging than either of us thought and as a result we were led down the garden path several times. It was only when we came across the Enigin scam busters site that we realised just how many cons there are out there trying to make a quick buck from people trying to be more economically and ecologically efficient.
I’ve lost count of the number of times I’ve been told to reduce my carbon footprint over the years, but like all things it has only really been the increase in energy bills and rising global dismay at the crisis that has made both myself and Jarade stop to think about this seriously.
We got our hands on an Eniscope; a unique energy analyser that allows us to accurately track exactly what our consumption rates are by product, e.g. X-Box, PC, Laptop, TV etc etc. To me it came as no surprise that the X-Box consumed nearly 170 watts of power per second compared to our 32” LCD TV which only consumed 80 watts per second. 170 watts is the equivalent to powering 3 light bulbs for one second. You may not think that sounds like a lot, but when you think about how many hours you play an X-Box compared to the number of hours you keep the lights on in your house, the numbers start to make you think twice. It made both Jarade and I stop in our tracks.
Enigin is a long established company whose sole purpose includes assisting people to develop the most efficient energy savings plans and help promote renewable sources of power. Their scam busters'technology is the best on the market in terms of accuracy and fairness – it will not give you false readings as other lesser technologies have been known to provide – and if used correctly can help ensure you save a fair amount of money on your bills. It is incredible how much more aware you become of the number of lights on in the house with the Eniscope quietly monitoring the consumption levels.
Both Jarade and I will always continue to game and no doubt we will always burn more energy then we really should. However the Eniscope has already made us both change our habits to the extent that we turn all the power to the machines off directly from the plugs now. As beginnings go, it’s not a bad one.
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