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Try at least a dozen computers here ... the wife certainly has her "opinions" here as wellOriginally posted by: kreb
Same here! All I have running is an Athlon XP1600+ on Windows XP SP2. My wife doesn't approve of leaving the computer on all the time because of the electrical costs..
Originally posted by: Coquito
Interesting. I installed FaD on 3 bare crunchers as a second priority(behind seti) over 2 weeks ago. I had just about given up, figuring they didn't have enough ram(128) to handle both loads.
Originally posted by: mondobyte
Try at least a dozen computers here ... the wife certainly has her "opinions" here as wellOriginally posted by: kreb
Same here! All I have running is an Athlon XP1600+ on Windows XP SP2. My wife doesn't approve of leaving the computer on all the time because of the electrical costs..
Originally posted by: mondobyte
... and you know ... there are some legal ways to reduce the electric bill ... i.e., redistribute your load across the 2 phases of your electrical panel so they are nearly balanced. I use a clip-on ammeter and periodically swap loads between breakers (swap to the other phase) ... works pretty well at reducing the electrical bill a lot. It's hard to keep the load balanced as usage changes but it does serve to produce a generally lower bill than doing nothing.
Don't be stupid and try anything illegal ... you are likely to get caught ... and the penalties can be steep ...
If you don't feel comfortable with messing around with your electrical panel yourself, hire an electrician ... I have a friend who is an electrician that does it for me but I also tinker from time to time.
Sure made a huge difference the first time we did it. Makes less of a difference now but still counts ... and nothing can be perfect ... but I hope I am only paying for what I actually use ...