So, here are the stats for today:

			members	devices
27-4-2007	-	282281	592198
28-4-2007	-	283304	594495
29-4-2007	-	283886	595794
29-4-2007	-	284303	596852
30-4-2007	-	284768	597858
30-4-2007	-	285177	598859
01-5-2007	-	285996	601000
02-5-2007	-	286789	603206

Since last friday 4508 members joined, registering 11008 devices!!

      

I hope I'm not being intrusive, but are these all your personal machines? How do you manage them all? What is your electric bill like?

The 3 I have so far are one of my computers, my dad's computer and my mom's computer. I have 2 computers coming from my girlfriend and 4 more for my mom's office. Then I have to get my sister's computer back on, plus I have 3 or 4 more in the garage for when I move back to my house plus the new one I am building.

I used to have a lot more, but I gave them away in October of 2005.

As the machines are spread out in different locations with different people or companies paying the bill, I really don't know what the extra electric bill will bring. When I get back into my house and I start adding all my machines I will have an idea of what they are going to be costing for the extra electricity.

I run 6 systems from 500mhz to duo's. this would be a good cross section of systems out there crunching.

I pay no more now for power than before, but im billed 12cents/kwh.

How? I replaced the lightbulbs in the house with CFL. The one time cost of only 40 bucks now saves me the power to put into the systems here 24/7.

Crystal Flourecent Lighting can be used everywhere you dont have a dimmer. The ones I run are replace a 60w bulb on only 16w of juice. And if you have dimmers, they are not very effecient. Its better to have multiple bulbs for different levels of lighting.

If you run your fridge on "arctic", realize it need be only "temperate". If you dont fill the fridge, fill it with spacers that reduce the air from falling out onto the floor. Thus causing that compressor motor to kick on less and stay off longer.

And for god sake, use the washer/dryer with care. Load only efficent loads that get the most out of each laundery. None of this 2 or 3 items on X-Large load setting. If you have a natural gas at your place and you still have an electric dryer, you need not worry how much a few machines would take.

So, twilyth, see how perspective and a bit of know-how can change much.

I will cover more in a thread im importing from the old grid.org forums.
But until I have it going, email me at coraonasty@hotmail.com for further ways to keep the bill down.

Not directed at anyone particular, Really Really make sure to get the consent of installation on machines not 'your' true legal ownership. We would not want to 'gain' a machine crunching for WCG and peeing the owner off and leaving a bad taste, loosing a future growth potential, particular with those in charge of medium and large size computing resources. A trial "buy-in / expand later" approach gets lots more credit.

thanks