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Old April 28th 12, 07:36 PM posted to rec.photo.digital.slr-systems,rec.photo.digital
Wolfgang Weisselberg
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Trevor wrote:

"Wolfgang Weisselberg" wrote in message
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Of course, if electricity is so dear to you, you might try use
the computer less (less newsgroups, less photos, less websurfing)
and go to bed around sunset (saving electric lights).


Might have to the way things are going :-(


I happen to own a few XOs. They run at 7 Watts if everything
(including the camera and the screen at full brightness) is on
and the CPU is working heavily (and quite a bit less normally).
With the right technology, they can run off muscle power.
(Newer versions use even less power.)

That could be your solution.

But for the moment turning off at night is a good compromise.


Sleeping when it's dark and reducing heating and air conditioning
works even better.

-Wolfgang
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Old April 29th 12, 01:19 PM posted to rec.photo.digital.slr-systems,rec.photo.digital
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In article , Mxsmanic
wrote:

Wolfgang Weisselberg writes:

Sleeping when it's dark and reducing heating and air conditioning
works even better.


Heating and air conditioning are a function of the weather. Sleeping is a
function of fatigue. Neither is something one can control at will.


Now you are being silly. Think about Wolfgang's scheme in the context
of this barking mad thread for a moment.

A small move toward sleeping when it is dark and isolating yourself a
bit less from the weather outside would massively outweigh any energy
savings you could achieve by any of the computer sleep, boot, power off
strategies being discussed here. It would be easy to save a Kilowatt in
HVAC and lighting, yet we are talking single digit Watts dividing the
boot or not boot strategies. In other words, about a thousand time less
sensible than Wolfgang is being.

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Old April 30th 12, 08:44 AM posted to rec.photo.digital.slr-systems,rec.photo.digital
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"Wolfgang Weisselberg" wrote in message
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But for the moment turning off at night is a good compromise.


Sleeping when it's dark and reducing heating and air conditioning
works even better.


Don't even have air con, and use a heater rarely, so that won't help much.

Trevor.


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Old May 1st 12, 02:43 PM posted to rec.photo.digital.slr-systems,rec.photo.digital
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Trevor wrote:
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But for the moment turning off at night is a good compromise.


Sleeping when it's dark and reducing heating and air conditioning
works even better.


Don't even have air con, and use a heater rarely, so that won't help much.


So your house does not have any heating, not even from an open
fire?

-Wolfgang
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Old May 1st 12, 03:48 PM posted to rec.photo.digital.slr-systems,rec.photo.digital
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Wolfgang Weisselberg writes:

Trevor wrote:
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But for the moment turning off at night is a good compromise.


Sleeping when it's dark and reducing heating and air conditioning
works even better.


Don't even have air con, and use a heater rarely, so that won't help much.


So your house does not have any heating, not even from an open
fire?


How did you get from "use a heater rarely" to "not have any heating"?
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Old May 1st 12, 04:17 PM posted to rec.photo.digital.slr-systems,rec.photo.digital
Wolfgang Weisselberg
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David Dyer-Bennet wrote:
Wolfgang Weisselberg writes:
Trevor wrote:
"Wolfgang Weisselberg" wrote in message


But for the moment turning off at night is a good compromise.


Sleeping when it's dark and reducing heating and air conditioning
works even better.


Don't even have air con, and use a heater rarely, so that won't help much.


So your house does not have any heating, not even from an open
fire?


How did you get from "use a heater rarely" to "not have any heating"?


"use a heater rarely" = probably a single mobile, electrical unit
"have heating" = usually something installed at least for the
whole appartment, if not the whole house, often based on oil
or gas. Usually in effect for some months per year. Might also
be used to provide warm water.

Maybe my Engrish-fu is too weak.

-Wolfgang
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Old May 3rd 12, 06:42 AM posted to rec.photo.digital.slr-systems,rec.photo.digital
Trevor[_2_]
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"Wolfgang Weisselberg" wrote in message
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Sleeping when it's dark and reducing heating and air conditioning
works even better.


Don't even have air con, and use a heater rarely, so that won't help
much.


So your house does not have any heating, not even from an open
fire?


Don't have an open fire, but how could I use a heater "rarely" if I didn't
have any?

Trevor.


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Old May 3rd 12, 07:47 PM posted to rec.photo.digital.slr-systems,rec.photo.digital
Wolfgang Weisselberg
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Trevor wrote:
"Wolfgang Weisselberg" wrote in message


Sleeping when it's dark and reducing heating and air conditioning
works even better.


Don't even have air con, and use a heater rarely, so that won't help
much.


So your house does not have any heating, not even from an open
fire?


Don't have an open fire, but how could I use a heater "rarely" if I didn't
have any?


See other post.

-Wolfgang
 




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