No
doubt each and every electronic device consumes energy and so does
your personal computer. Surprised? Computer when starts, small surge
of energy it consumes. However, it is less than the energy the system
consumes while running for hours. If you are in a fix when to turn
off your computer to save the energy, this blog contains certain
guidelines to resolve your problem. You need to take into practice
the following activities.
- Don't fail to turn off monitor, if PC is going to be unused for more than 20 minutes
- Be assured to turn off both CPU and monitor if PC is going to be unused for more than 2 hours.
- It essential to ensure that the monitors, printers, and other accessories are on a power strip/surge protector. One must turn off the power strip, when such equipment is not used for extended periods. Not doing so will continue to flow power even when the PC is shut off.
- Don't fail to unplug extra equipment if you don't make use of power strip.
Generally,
you may often encounter heating problem in your PC. It is because,
the device produces heat, and the more you leave it remain on, the
heater it will be. Hence turn off your computer, it will help reduce
build cooling loads and protects your PC from being damaged.
Use
PC with Sleep Mode & Power Management Feature
The
technology provides PC with sleep mode and power management feature.
One who uses such PC is believed to save good amount on electricity
bills each year. You too whenever buying a computer should ensure
that it is equipped with power-down feature through operating system
software or not.
Such
monitors technically consume not more than 2 watts which is less than
the sleep mode. Equipped with power management feature, a monitor
goes into sleep mode automatically after a period of inactivity. More
than that you can save energy by manually turning off monitor when it
remains being unused.
Inactivate
Screen Savers
Bear
in mind that applying screen savers will not save energy. If you use
screen saver, it means you have put your computer to consume more
energy than it should actually. Also the activation of screen saver
may disallow your power-down feature to function. The point is that
you must completely avoid using screen savers if you use modern LCD
color monitors.