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How often do you shut down and turn on a desktop mac?
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<blockquote data-quote="pigoo3" data-source="post: 1648799" data-attributes="member: 56379"><p>You are not way off at all.<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>In the Apple document linked in my earlier post which provided the approx. 1 watt/hour of energy use while a 27" iMac was sleeping. It also mentioned that when turned completely off (but still plugged in)…the "Vampire Power" was approx. 0.25 watts/hour.</p><p></p><p>This roughly means that the vampire power is about 25% of the "sleep power" consumption. Using the 48 cents/year value…48 cents x .25 = 12 cents. </p><p></p><p>So the vampire power is 12 cents per year (the cost of leaving a 27" iMac plugged in for one year and never actually powering it on).</p><p></p><p>- Nick</p><p></p><p>p.s. Again…the energy cost calculations are based on my electric rate of 5.5 cents/kilowatt-hour.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pigoo3, post: 1648799, member: 56379"] You are not way off at all.:) In the Apple document linked in my earlier post which provided the approx. 1 watt/hour of energy use while a 27" iMac was sleeping. It also mentioned that when turned completely off (but still plugged in)…the "Vampire Power" was approx. 0.25 watts/hour. This roughly means that the vampire power is about 25% of the "sleep power" consumption. Using the 48 cents/year value…48 cents x .25 = 12 cents. So the vampire power is 12 cents per year (the cost of leaving a 27" iMac plugged in for one year and never actually powering it on). - Nick p.s. Again…the energy cost calculations are based on my electric rate of 5.5 cents/kilowatt-hour. [/QUOTE]
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