[luau] Notebook Battery Test--Summary

[W. Wayne Liauh]

George- You are running an old AT box; whereas, I believe most of us are 
using ATX, which can take advantage of APM to substantially reduce the 
power consumption when idling.

HEI has a very screwy formula to calculate elec bills. But typically, we 
pay about 13 cents per KWH. From your data, it appears that the elec 
rate is less than 4 cents per KWH.


Joe Linux wrote:

>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:
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>>System: HP Pavilion xh455 (Athlon 4, 900 MHz, 256 MB RAM, 15" TFT),
>>running SuSE 8.0
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>>Programs loaded: Korganizer, KOffice, Kcontrol, and GIMP.
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>>Starting Time:  10:58 AM
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>>Screen-off Time: 12:52 PM
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>>Total Battery Life: 1 hour 54 minutes
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