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Greg_BE Send message Joined: 30 May 06 Posts: 5691 Credit: 5,859,226 RAC: 0	Message 66424 - Posted: 2 Jun 2010, 17:32:03 UTC got electric bill today. shocker total for the year. so i am shutting rosie and the other projects off for 8hrs or so per night. see if i can get the electric bill down. ID: 66424 · Rating: 0 · rate: /

The_Bad_Penguin Send message Joined: 5 Jun 06 Posts: 2751 Credit: 4,271,025 RAC: 0	Message 66425 - Posted: 2 Jun 2010, 18:08:37 UTC what happened? does the qc use that much more? did you oc? what is the actual difference in kw's used per month? i owe you a little something. pm me an acct #, and i'll get it to you asap. sorry if i got u in trouble..... Defeat Censorship! Wikileaks needs OUR help! Learn how you can help (d/l 'insurance' file), by clicking here. "Whoever would overthrow the liberty of a nation must begin by subduing the freeness of speech" B. Franklin ID: 66425 · Rating: 0 · rate: /

Greg_BE Send message Joined: 30 May 06 Posts: 5691 Credit: 5,859,226 RAC: 0	Message 66426 - Posted: 2 Jun 2010, 19:11:46 UTC - in response to Message 66425. what happened? does the qc use that much more? did you oc? what is the actual difference in kw's used per month? i owe you a little something. pm me an acct #, and i'll get it to you asap. sorry if i got u in trouble..... No pengy, it was the total usage of last year, I'll send you a pm about this. So your quad was not the issue, it was the dual core and all the other electronics in the house. ID: 66426 · Rating: 0 · rate: /

The_Bad_Penguin Send message Joined: 5 Jun 06 Posts: 2751 Credit: 4,271,025 RAC: 0	Message 66427 - Posted: 2 Jun 2010, 22:06:56 UTC - in response to Message 66421. and we enjoy "poking" fun at you... As I said though I am currently crunching elsewhere, just having fun here. Defeat Censorship! Wikileaks needs OUR help! Learn how you can help (d/l 'insurance' file), by clicking here. "Whoever would overthrow the liberty of a nation must begin by subduing the freeness of speech" B. Franklin ID: 66427 · Rating: 0 · rate: /

Mod.Sense Volunteer moderator Send message Joined: 22 Aug 06 Posts: 4018 Credit: 0 RAC: 0	Message 66432 - Posted: 3 Jun 2010, 3:50:16 UTC If you are going to shut down for 8hrs per day (which you can just scheduled in the BOINC Manager the hours of day to run), it would be best (one opinion on "best") to make them the 4 hours on each side of high noon. That way you are using less power when everyone else wants to use more. Actually everyone getting home for work and cooking an evening meal is another peak, so from noon to 8PM would probably be the best 8 hour period to go idle. Your usage for A/C trying to keep up with the heat produced by your machines will further reduce your demand for power during the peak period. Rosetta Moderator: Mod.Sense ID: 66432 · Rating: 0 · rate: /

mikey Send message Joined: 5 Jan 06 Posts: 1896 Credit: 10,138,586 RAC: 31,156	Message 66438 - Posted: 3 Jun 2010, 12:21:43 UTC - in response to Message 66427. and we enjoy "poking" fun at you... As I said though I am currently crunching elsewhere, just having fun here. Be careful, you don't want to die! ID: 66438 · Rating: 0 · rate: /

Greg_BE Send message Joined: 30 May 06 Posts: 5691 Credit: 5,859,226 RAC: 0	Message 66441 - Posted: 3 Jun 2010, 14:57:24 UTC - in response to Message 66432. If you are going to shut down for 8hrs per day (which you can just scheduled in the BOINC Manager the hours of day to run), it would be best (one opinion on "best") to make them the 4 hours on each side of high noon. That way you are using less power when everyone else wants to use more. Actually everyone getting home for work and cooking an evening meal is another peak, so from noon to 8PM would probably be the best 8 hour period to go idle. Your usage for A/C trying to keep up with the heat produced by your machines will further reduce your demand for power during the peak period. Thanks Mod, but usage is usage here, time is not the issue. So I am shutting down when I am at work and then restart and run through the night. So it is about 16hrs a day that I am running. This is until I can figure out how much power is being used by what device around the house. I think part of the problem was a dying refrigerator running almost all the time. But the s/o thinks it my system. We have replaced the refrigerator, now just have to wait and show her what is what. ID: 66441 · Rating: 0 · rate: /

The_Bad_Penguin Send message Joined: 5 Jun 06 Posts: 2751 Credit: 4,271,025 RAC: 0	Message 66444 - Posted: 3 Jun 2010, 18:34:01 UTC - in response to Message 66438. dang, he's one crazy @$$ dude... and we enjoy "poking" fun at you... As I said though I am currently crunching elsewhere, just having fun here. Be careful, you don't want to die! Defeat Censorship! Wikileaks needs OUR help! Learn how you can help (d/l 'insurance' file), by clicking here. "Whoever would overthrow the liberty of a nation must begin by subduing the freeness of speech" B. Franklin ID: 66444 · Rating: 0 · rate: /

Greg_BE Send message Joined: 30 May 06 Posts: 5691 Credit: 5,859,226 RAC: 0	Message 66445 - Posted: 3 Jun 2010, 19:13:28 UTC - in response to Message 66444. well he didn't burn, he just expanded and tanned. dang, he's one crazy @$$ dude... and we enjoy "poking" fun at you... As I said though I am currently crunching elsewhere, just having fun here. Be careful, you don't want to die! ID: 66445 · Rating: 0 · rate: /

Sid Celery Send message Joined: 11 Feb 08 Posts: 2213 Credit: 42,212,638 RAC: 22,870	Message 66451 - Posted: 4 Jun 2010, 1:27:01 UTC - in response to Message 66432. Your usage for A/C trying to keep up with the heat produced by your machines will further reduce your demand for power during the peak period. A/C? In Belgium? <shakes head> ... ID: 66451 · Rating: 0 · rate: /

mikey Send message Joined: 5 Jan 06 Posts: 1896 Credit: 10,138,586 RAC: 31,156	Message 66455 - Posted: 4 Jun 2010, 11:16:57 UTC - in response to Message 66444. Last modified: 4 Jun 2010, 11:18:50 UTC dang, he's one crazy @$$ dude... and we enjoy "poking" fun at you... As I said though I am currently crunching elsewhere, just having fun here. Be careful, you don't want to die! That's funny! And Greg over the years I have expanded a bit! ID: 66455 · Rating: 0 · rate: /

mikey Send message Joined: 5 Jan 06 Posts: 1896 Credit: 10,138,586 RAC: 31,156	Message 66456 - Posted: 4 Jun 2010, 11:18:07 UTC - in response to Message 66451. Your usage for A/C trying to keep up with the heat produced by your machines will further reduce your demand for power during the peak period. A/C? In Belgium? <shakes head> ... It doesn't get hot in Belgium? Or is the electricity soooo expensive that no one uses it? Even the bars and restaurants are hot?! ID: 66456 · Rating: 0 · rate: /

Greg_BE Send message Joined: 30 May 06 Posts: 5691 Credit: 5,859,226 RAC: 0	Message 66457 - Posted: 4 Jun 2010, 13:08:48 UTC - in response to Message 66456. Your usage for A/C trying to keep up with the heat produced by your machines will further reduce your demand for power during the peak period. A/C? In Belgium? <shakes head> ... It doesn't get hot in Belgium? Or is the electricity soooo expensive that no one uses it? Even the bars and restaurants are hot?! Well it helps to not live in the city (Antwerp) where there is little open space. I live in a small town with plenty of open space and trees all around, so it keep pretty cool downstairs. If it gets to hot then we just turn on the portable fan. But being the front half of the house is under the bedrooms and only get a few hrs of direct morning sun, it keeps cool. The back end where the kitchen is gets all the afternoon and early evening sun and can get a bit warm, but then I just use the window shades to cool it down and leave the big ceiling window open at night to let in cool air. The neighbors do the same more or less. From what I can find on one website it gets to a record high of 93F or about 33C. Saturday is supposed to be about 77f or 25C with quite a bit of humidity. Sunday before the rain comes in it should be about 80F or 27C which is the highest temp so far this year. Humidity is high at the moment at 41% which makes it feel much warmer than normal. ID: 66457 · Rating: 0 · rate: /

Greg_BE Send message Joined: 30 May 06 Posts: 5691 Credit: 5,859,226 RAC: 0	Message 66458 - Posted: 4 Jun 2010, 13:10:56 UTC check this out: http://www.divx.com/en/software/download/installed/chromium ID: 66458 · Rating: 0 · rate: /

rochester new york Send message Joined: 2 Jul 06 Posts: 2842 Credit: 2,020,043 RAC: 0	Message 66487 - Posted: 6 Jun 2010, 12:13:47 UTC i got User of the day!!!!!!!!! i got User of the day!!!!!!!!! ID: 66487 · Rating: 0 · rate: /

mikey Send message Joined: 5 Jan 06 Posts: 1896 Credit: 10,138,586 RAC: 31,156	Message 66490 - Posted: 6 Jun 2010, 12:51:24 UTC - in response to Message 66487. i got User of the day!!!!!!!!! i got User of the day!!!!!!!!! CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ID: 66490 · Rating: 0 · rate: /

rochester new york Send message Joined: 2 Jul 06 Posts: 2842 Credit: 2,020,043 RAC: 0	Message 66491 - Posted: 6 Jun 2010, 13:07:24 UTC - in response to Message 66490. i got User of the day!!!!!!!!! i got User of the day!!!!!!!!! CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! thank you ID: 66491 · Rating: 0 · rate: /

The_Bad_Penguin Send message Joined: 5 Jun 06 Posts: 2751 Credit: 4,271,025 RAC: 0	Message 66493 - Posted: 6 Jun 2010, 15:10:45 UTC - in response to Message 66487. just saw that! bravo-zulu!!! i got User of the day!!!!!!!!! i got User of the day!!!!!!!!! Defeat Censorship! Wikileaks needs OUR help! Learn how you can help (d/l 'insurance' file), by clicking here. "Whoever would overthrow the liberty of a nation must begin by subduing the freeness of speech" B. Franklin ID: 66493 · Rating: 0 · rate: /

Greg_BE Send message Joined: 30 May 06 Posts: 5691 Credit: 5,859,226 RAC: 0	Message 66498 - Posted: 6 Jun 2010, 18:40:54 UTC - in response to Message 66487. i got User of the day!!!!!!!!! i got User of the day!!!!!!!!! cool deal! ID: 66498 · Rating: 0 · rate: /

Sid Celery Send message Joined: 11 Feb 08 Posts: 2213 Credit: 42,212,638 RAC: 22,870	Message 66501 - Posted: 6 Jun 2010, 23:10:22 UTC - in response to Message 66487. I got User of the day!!!!!!!!! Good news. It almost makes it worth boosting your RAM a little and getting a few more tasks going through! ;) No rush... ID: 66501 · Rating: 0 · rate: /