Archive for April, 2008
PC Monitor Power Consumption Myths
Monday, April 21st, 2008Practical Home Energy Saving has just published a page on the power consumption of monitors.
Still Using A CRT Monitor?
Monday, April 21st, 2008Practical Home Energy Saving has just published a review of CRT Saver a free utility to reduce the power used by CRT monitors.
LANOff Version 4.0 Released
Thursday, April 17th, 2008JSutils has just released LANOff Version 4.0 of this network monitoring shutdown utility. This major update adds support for standby and fixes a number of bugs. See history for details.
Do You Really Need To Use That Much Electricity?
Friday, April 11th, 2008The electrical section of Practical Home Energy Saviing has just been revised and updated. Use the information on these pages to save money and reduce your electricity use.
Use Rechargeable Batteries To Help The Environment BUT …
Thursday, April 3rd, 2008Using rechargeable batteries can be a great way to help the environment by reducing waste but not everyone realises that there are many different types of rechargeable and non rechargeable battery and they all have their own advantages and disadvantages. For example Nickel Metal Hydride batteries self discharge at a rate of around 25% a month making them unsuitable for low current devices such as smoke detectors. Practical Home Energy Saving has just published battery comparison tables of some of the most common types of battery to help make informed choices.