I finally found an Energy Meter device! I saw one on a catalogue once at around 9€ but it was a one time promo, and I found it on the wrong week…
I bought mine at around 25€ on Aki.
I was curious of the power usage of some devices and got surprising results. You can find my incomplete list here but here are the perls:
- TVCabo Powerbox: when on 9W, when idle 9W. What’s the power button for again?
- (black)Creative 5.1 Speakers: when switched off 18W, when playing 23W. This ones have a remote volume button with a on/off switch ala old transistor radios. I’ve got some old (white) Creative 4.1 that have a power button on the subwoofer. Same story: with the power button off almost the same consumption as while playing.
- Asus v192S 19″ Wide. It’s a relatively new monitor. It’s stupid because when not active(no cable is connected or standy via pc) it enters standby mode (orange led) and 7W are used. When I press the (push) power button (led off) 7W are used.
Between 2 pairs of speakers, 1 monitor and my home pc, I’m now saving at least 50W just by turning them off at the plug instead of keeping them in standby!
I’d say those 25€ the power meter device cost me, will be recovered pretty fast…
