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[_] [OT] Home Energy Consumption Meter

Paddy Uglow paddy at watershed.co.uk
Mon Jun 30 17:10:52 BST 2008

Knowing Underscorers' love of all things Uber...
www.spcmini.com

I've taken to labelling wall sockets, with the power usage figures
(standby/normal/max). And, re standby, those small numbers add up over the
hours into kettle-boiling wattages.
Switching off can help your security; why leave your computer and wireless
open to hacking attempts when you're not using them? Unless you're running
webservers of course...
Though maybe sites that are only accessed at certain times might consider
powering down for power-saving and security? Anyone heard of anything like
that? I wonder whether to make my CMSs (argh - it's that plural)
time-locked.
- Paddy