[sdiy] Admin msg: machine move

[cheater cheater]

Seconded on the underclocking.

So I guess now you're slowly replacing all your lights with LED?

D.

On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 10:18, John Alex Hvidlykke <john at hvidlykke.dk> wrote:
> Hi Rick
>
> First of all, thanks for providing the power (literally) for keeping this
> list!
>
> I doubt that letting the hard drive sleep is a good idea, as it will mean
> lots of powering the disk up and down, meaning many times the wear, compared
> to just letting it spin.
>
> Is it possible to adjust the clock rate and processor usage on the mini.
> With 1.83 GHz dual core there is an abundance of power. Might as well cool
> things down a bit and save the wattage...
>
> Cheers
>
> John
>
>
>> -----Oprindelig meddelelse-----
>> Fra: synth-diy-bounces at dropmix.xs4all.nl
>> [mailto:synth-diy-bounces at dropmix.xs4all.nl]Pa vegne af Rick Jansen
>> Sendt: 9. marts 2010 00:45
>> Til: Synth-Diy
>> Emne: Re: [sdiy] Admin msg: machine move
>>
>>
>> On 8/3/10 23:18, Eric Brombaugh wrote:
>> > On 03/08/2010 10:40 AM, Rick Jansen wrote:
>> >> Well, with help from Magnus on configuring mailman+postfix
>> this was fixed
>> >> quickly.
>> >>
>> >> Let me know if you experience odd things. Concerning the list, that is.
>> >
>> > First odd thing I noticed is that my posts to the list come back from
>> > the list within a minute or so. Used to be it would take ~10min before
>> > I'd see them. Must have gotten off that old dial-up line or
>> something. :)
>>
>> No, it's simply the machine. The previous one was an old pc, 450MHz I
>> believe, this is a not-too-new mac mini, 1.83 GHz core duo.
>>
>> Actually, the main reason to migrate was that I found out I'm using rather
>> a lot of electrical power in my house, 5200+kWh per year, while I should
>> use about 3200kWh. After buying a power meter I found out why. There are
>> some things that run (ran) 24 hrs/365 days. Like central heating water
>> pumps (2 of them, ca 150W total), an old B&O stereo (30W standby (yes,
>> really, thirty watts)), dropmix (ca 60W), two small ventilators
>> (15W each).
>> All in all 320W+ continously. Each of those things may not seem to use a
>> lot of power, but it all quite adds up.
>>
>> And that while I always switch off the lights, don't leave the tv on
>> standby (1.5W only), don't leave small power adaptors plugged in, and am
>> pretty environmentally friendly, all in all.
>>
>> Old dropmix alone (60W) used 525kWh per year. That is more than 10% of my
>> total electricity consumption, and double that of e.g. the refrigerator.
>> New dropmix is a mac mini, using about 10W max, or about 3% of my total
>> electricity usage. Good thing about macs is that they can put the hard
>> disks to sleep. (Linux does not do that easily.)
>>
>> The central heating pumps now are on a temperature-controlled switch. If
>> the water is not heated the pumps are off. Modern heater systems have that
>> built-in, of course.
>>
>> Another odd one: a Mac Cube uses 30W when in use (ex monitor), 10W when
>> it's in sleep mode. But, you can "really" switch it off too. In that case
>> power consumption is down from 10W to a mere ... TEN watts.
>> Apparently they
>> decided that being able to switch on a computer using a touch-sensitive
>> spot is worth wasting 10W continously. A true example of "Elegance and
>> Decadence" *)
>>
>> Anyway, continuous consumption is down from 320+ to nearly 120W.
>> But, my telephone still is responsible for 0.8%, and the ADSL modem 2! ;-)
>>
>> rick
>>
>> *) Europe Endless
>>
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