[luau] Notebook Battery Test--Summary

Doug Stanfield DOUGS at oceanic.com
Sat May 25 14:34:01 PDT 2002


Looks like 13.25 cents per KWH.  That makes your example about $0.53 here.
Did I get the conversions right;  Do you pay $.0375 per KWH?

-Doug-

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joe Linux [mailto:joelinux at earthlink.net]
> Sent: Saturday, May 25, 2002 1:55 PM
> To: luau at videl.ics.hawaii.edu
> Subject: Re: [luau] Notebook Battery Test--Summary
> 
> 
> I tested my desktop computer today and found out that the maximum
> wattage consumed is 166.  That equates to about  $0.15 a day 
> if it were
> left on for the full 24 hours.  During the time I ran the 
> test which was
> a few hours the operating cost was just one penny.  But 
> that's at Denver
> utility rates and there's lots of coal near here.  Does 
> anyone know the
> cost of a kilowatt hour in Hawaii?
> 
> "W. Wayne Liauh" wrote:
> 
> > System: HP Pavilion xh455 (Athlon 4, 900 MHz, 256 MB RAM, 15" TFT),
> > running SuSE 8.0
> >
> > Programs loaded: Korganizer, KOffice, Kcontrol, and GIMP.
> >
> > Starting Time:  10:58 AM
> >
> > Screen-off Time: 12:52 PM
> >
> > Total Battery Life: 1 hour 54 minutes
> >
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