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

[psythik@lemmy.world]

That's nothing; my Ryzen 7000 machine uses 150w at idle. Modern high-end desktops draw a lot of power.

[fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com]

Couple of thoughts:

1. That smart plug may not be rated to the max wattage when GPU and CPU are at full blast. Be careful, because that could be an expensive mistake. Place a surge protector between the smart plug and the PC to be safe. Also run the PC full tilt for a while and make sure the smart plug doesnt get warm. If it does, fores have been known to start from those.

2. Sounds like you know this with WoL, but suspend is your friend If the gaming PC is linux and you run into suspend issues, let me know, I've seen 'em all.

[albert180@discuss.tchncs.de]

Maybe he meant the act of dimming his lights trough Home Assistant?

[lka1988@sh.itjust.works]

The plugs are rated for 1800W each. Should be fine. I hit 670W a bit earlier, running Furmark VK and Cinebench R23 multi-core simultaneously for shits and giggles.

[lka1988@sh.itjust.works]

I'm eyeballing HWINFO64, it's saying my GPU is idling at ~28W and the CPU is idling at ~36W. Add a couple watts for the fans, various peripherals, and waste heat; it's close to what I saw earlier.

[lka1988@sh.itjust.works]

My entire master bedroom suite is on one 15A circuit. That's how most houses are. The lights are currently those damn CFL lights, so they aren't exactly difficult to dim - CFLs almost do it on their own when they're close to dying (which these ones are).

That, and it's a rental house.

[condorwonder@lemmy.ca]

I use HASS.agent to help manage my Windows desktop and expose various sensors to HA. It can suspend or hibernate the system. It does use MQTT as its connectivity plane.