Power usage of every device in my home.

Measurements using watts-up and kill-a-watt devices.


Introduction.

I've been a fan of the watts-up and kill-a-watt devices for a while. Over the last few months I've been going around my home measuring just about everything that I have that can be plugged in.

Bedroom.
  • Lamp - 34W
  • Lava lamp - 34W
  • Neuros OSD - 2W
  • Comcast DVR cablebox (standby) - 29W (on) - 30W
  • TV (standby) - 5W (on) - 43-60W
  • Netgear Wireless router - 9W
  • HP dv8040 laptop - (S3: W) (idle: W24)
  • Stereo (standby) - 11W
  • Stereo (on) - 20W
Lounge.
  • TV (standby) -
  • TV (on) -
  • Comcast cablebox (standby) -
  • Comcast cablebox (on) -
  • Playstation 2 (standby) - < 1W (GTA) - 15-17W
  • Playstation 3 (standby) - ~1W (GTA4)
  • Lamp -
Hall.
  • Shredder (standby) -
  • Shredder (munching) -
Studio.
  • 5 port gigE router - 5W
  • Mac Mini (idle at OSX desktop) - 20W
  • Mac Mini (OSX suspend to ram) - 2W (Note that letting it idle and 'auto suspend' fails to suspend properly, and only goes down to 19W. Had I not been measuring, I'd have had no idea this was broken. Only suspending using the power button puts it into 2W mode. Yet another Leopard bug.)
  • Mac Mini (idling at Fedora8 livecd desktop) - 24W
  • Mac Mini (Fedora 8 suspend to RAM) - 2W
  • Imac G4 - TODO
  • Dell 20" LCD - 48W
  • Synths
    • Access Virus (off: 3W) (on: 11W)
    • Microkorg - 3.5W
  • Korg kaosspad - 3W
  • Zoom G2.1u effects pedal - 3.3W
  • Synth Amp - 4.8W
  • Bass Amp - 9W
  • Guitar Amp -
  • Lamp - (dim: 34W bright: 59W)
Kitchen.
  • Electric oven (standby) - <1W
  • Microwave (standby) - 3W
  • Kettle boiling - 1370W
  • TODO: Oven (cooking) -
  • TODO: Microwave (cooking) -
  • TODO: George Foreman grill -
  • TODO: Toaster -
Office.
  • USB hard disk - 8W
  • OLPC dev board - 3W
  • Athlon XP laptop - 21W
  • VIA C3 1.5GHz Esther/EPIA firewall - 19-21W
  • Dell Pentium 3 box - 39W
  • VIA C3 1.2GHz Nehemiah/C3M266 - 49W
  • Pentium 4 (Northwood) box - 83W
  • Athlon XP - 137W (86W with new psu)
  • Core2 duo E6800 workstation (w/7 sata disks) - 148W
  • Dell Precision 470 EM64T - 176W
  • CTX 19" monitor CRT - 67W
  • Acer 99sl 19" CRT - 83W
  • Acer 19" LCD - 33W
  • TV - 38W
  • 24port 100M switch - 8W (Removed useless fan: 7W)
  • 8 port switch - 2.5W
  • 5 port gigE router - 5W
  • USB hub - 2W
  • Desk lamp - 55W (Replaced bulb with energy-saving one: 20W)
  • TODO: OQO2 charging - on -
  • MP3 charger - 1.9W TODO:
  • Dell 20" LCD -
  • Dell 21" LCD -
  • Printer (standby) -
  • Printer (printing) -
  • HP scanner (standby) -
  • HP scanner (scanning) -
  • VIA C3 laptop -
  • VIA C3 laptop -
  • Cable modem -
Spare room.
  • Sun Ultra 60 -
  • Dell Precision M65 laptop - (S3: W) (idle: 30W)

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