Last year I stopped running my desktop PC 24/7, and I saw a noticeable reduction in my power consumption. I had it running because I frequently log into it remotely, and it also served as a file server. I now let it sleep (and wake it with magic packets), and access my files off of a hard drive attached to my router.
I know that it would obviously use some power to run 24/7, but it was probably to the tune of $20-25/month. It was a noticeable drop on the My Energy IQ thingy on the Enmax site and brought me closer to "similar homes". But my wife has three aquariums that have filters, air, and heat running, but there isn't a lot I can do about those...
|