PS3 Costs $247 Per Year to Run!

[Harbourmaster]

24-7/365 that is... "Aussie consumer agency Choice has put together a study of the power consumption of everyday household appliances and, surprise surprise, the leaf blower that is the PS3 comes out at the bottom of the league."

http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2008/06/ps...247-p.html

Nice energy usage chart here at the Choice site: http://www.choice.com.au/viewArticle.aspx?id=106346&catId=100245&tid=100008&p=5&title=Computers%27+energy+costs

[cbelt3]

No risk of that. Based on my understanding of the stats, it would burn itself out within two weeks if left on all the time.

[MikeF]

Last summer, for about 1 1/2 months, I had all the computers (including laptops) in the house going 24/7 doing folding. That included the PS3. No problems with any of the machines for that month and a half. When the $400 electric bill came the next month I figured that was that... The bill was about twice as high as a normal summer month...

[tahoedrew]

[quote MikeF]Last summer, for about 1 1/2 months, I had all the computers (including laptops) in the house going 24/7 doing folding. That included the PS3. No problems with any of the machines for that month and a half. When the $400 electric bill came the next month I figured that was that... The bill was about twice as high as a normal summer month...
Yeah, 'cause all those machines running 24/7 produce heat, which requires your A/C to work that much harder!

~A

[N-OS X-tasy!]

[quote MikeF]When the $400 electric bill came the next month I figured that was that...
Precisely why I've never jumped aboard the F@H bandwagon.

[Lew Zealand]

What tahoedrew said. It's not only the device itself but also the heat load that your AC has to handle. This is the huge advantage of fluorescent lighting over incandescent in office buildings (and in smaller volume at home).

[M>B>]

Same comparison can be made between LCD's and CRT's.

[blusubaru]

Compared to this, the MacBook Pro -- not usually known for running cool -- looks as thirsty as a desert cactus, a using only 3.66 kWh per week; almost one tenth the appetite of the PS3.

[Filliam H. Muffman]

[quote blusubaru]

Compared to this, the MacBook Pro -- not usually known for running cool -- looks as thirsty as a desert cactus, a using only 3.66 kWh per week; almost one tenth the appetite of the PS3.

Where did you get that quote? I did not see it anywhere in the pages listed in the contents.

I was looking to see which version of the PS3 they tested, the new ones use a quarter less. It also is in $AU and the power rates are almost 50% higher than where I live.

[Racer X]

for every watt of power a device consumes, it needs a watt of cooling power, or the temp in the immediate area will go up. basic physics.

get rid of 1500 watts of incandescent lighting in your house, and you may not need an A/C during the summer. basic math.