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All of those things you listed are used only intermittently which dramatically reduces their consumption. Many computers are on 24/7, especially Mac Minis and other things used for media servers.

There was a good article recently about the insane energy demand from DVRs -- they use more energy than any other home appliance, excepting air conditioning used in hot climates.

http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-power-hog-20140617-story...




> they use more energy than any other home appliance, excepting air conditioning used in hot climates.

Hmm... the graph shows 35 W. This standard full-size fridge http://www.danby.com/en/US/our_products/refrigeration/dff100... is rated for 375.6 kWh yearly, that is 42.9 W average. A mostly-idle Mac mini specced around 20-30 W would use well under 10 W on average.

Certainly it sounds like DVRs need to improve.




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