Got myself some energy monitoring Zigbee plugs and made an interesting discovery

[unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de]

Suspend != boot

Even in 2010 or earlier waking a pc from suspend would have only taken 2-3 seconds because the whole system state is in RAM not on disk.

[xanza@lemm.ee]

Chest freezers are exceptionally energy efficient. It's not a very good comparison.

[lka1988@sh.itjust.works]

That's either a really efficient PC or a really old freezer

[lka1988@sh.itjust.works]

Ah, but only one is a chest freezer

That, and I used to have a freezer that was a power suck.

[strit@lemmy.linuxuserspace.show]

The PC is effecient. It's not a gaming PC. It idles at around 16W and maxes out at 80'ish.

[sinthesis@lemmy.today]

Place a surge protector between the smart plug and the PC to be safe.

What benefit does this serve in this situation?

[piemeplenty@lemmy.world]

I discovered a similar issue. PC desk was using 8-9W when the PC was turned OFF! My power strip was taking a bit under 1W (the little light, old), two smart bulbs as well but I'll allow those losses. An older Logitech speaker setup (2+1) was taking 6-7W, turned off! Crazy.. and illegal if it were made today (in EU). So this is completely wasted energy in my opinion.. started disconnecting the whole desk now.

For comparison, my home server is averaging 7-8W, turned on all the time:

[appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com]

Those days were at worst almost 10 years ago.
Stop living in the past with those situations.

And you get an SSD.
And YOU get an SSD.
And you fine sir also get an SSD!

[blackmist@feddit.uk]

At least until MS muddied the waters with "hibernate".

[ryannathans@aussie.zone]

Ah shit, I need 240v lol

[schmuppes@lemmy.today]

36 Watts idle sounds like a lot for a 5800X3D. I'll see what my 5700X3D does, never checked that. Not in software and not at the wall.

[zeoic@lemmy.world]

Just fyi, Watts is a measure of power, and WattHours is power over time. So your home network and server consume 130w, which would be 130wh after an hour, or 3120wh after a day. The chest freezer would be 400wh in a day, rather than 400w in a day.

[zeoic@lemmy.world]

Most rented bedrooms in my area dont even have built-in lighting. Its all floor and table lamps, usually on a smart outlet these days

[rimjob_rainer@discuss.tchncs.de]

Thanks for the heads up, I often let the time slip when casually talking about stuff like this.

Actually the server and network consumes 130Wh or around 3120Wh a day, while my freezer consumes 400Wh per day or around 16Wh. That's also the reason why I was shocked about the consumption, as you would guess a freezer takes more.

[rbesfe@lemmy.ca]

What are you running your server on?