[luau] Notebook Battery Test--Summary

[Joe Linux]

The last I checked it was $0.04 per kwh here.  I had my little tester
set at $0.05 per kWh.  But I just said I ran it approximately two
hours.  I don't know what the actual time period was.

"W. Wayne Liauh" wrote:

> 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:
>>
>>
>> > 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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