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nightsurge on 21 March 2013
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drkohler said:
nightsurge said:
drkohler said:

I have always wondered why I am the only guy in the world who has to pay for the electricity I'm using. Apparently this is a non-issue for everybody else...

It's called an "OPTION" which means you DO NOT have to use it. Either way, the 2 watts of electricity it uses from being in low power state will cost you about $5 extra a year in electricity costs, so I can understand if that is too much money for most people to handle...

It would be a lot more than $5 where I live. And "Kinect always plugged in" - does that mean there goes another 2-5 watts per hour? Does the Nextbox "listen" and "look around" while it is waiting for you to "start up the box?" - there goes another 1-2 watt to a core, a move engine/a video compander? Soon I'd be looking for $100 electricity costs, that is why almost all my stuff hangs on power strips I shut down when the day is done...

At most, you are looking at 5-10 watts total. Here is a good reference for you, of a high powered PC only consuming 5 watts in sleep mode:

http://www.techhive.com/article/169941/Why_You_Should_Use_Sleep_Mode.html

"According to the Department of Energy, theaverage price for electricity in the U.S. is 11.59 cents per kWh, so sleep mode costs you 22.2 cents per month. The average home in the U.S. uses 936 kWh per month, so 16 hours of sleep mode a day would be a 0.21% increase in monthly power usage. That's what we call a "rounding error.""

So I was way high when I said it would cost you $5 a year extra. It would only cost you about $2.75 extra a year.

And again, this is an option. You DO NOT HAVE TO KEEP IT ON. So feel free to flip the switch on your surge protector when you are done for the day.