More Technology Equals More Power Consumption

14 January, 2010 - 10:00 AM - 10 Comments

I have had problems finding enough free outlet space in my office as of late, with my multitude of electronic devices I am already peaked out with four power strips and consuming every free outlet slot I have available to me. The last thing I need is to trip the power in the middle of the night and be stuck without Emergency Lighting installed in the home. I would have to fumble my way downstairs outside and to the power box. My motion based Floodlights are on the same circuit as my office I think, so they wouldn’t be working if this scenario occurred and I would be trying and find the right breaker and switch to flip power back on with my fingers dancing around the circuit breaker like I was reading braille.

This is a scenario I don’t want happening, so I may have to upgrade my circuits as I have no less than 4 power strips in my one office that are all sharing a 15 amp circuit, seriously 24 electronic power drawing devices in a single room, and all related to computer equipment, this wasn’t my audio center in my house with my receiver, dvd players, hdtv and the 15 or so electronic devices hogging power in the room downstairs.

Technology is power hungry, and I am running out of power to keep all my devices powered up and plugged in from a single room without upgrading my circuits soon. Maybe I should invest in Solar panels for the roof so I can at least be somewhat more green in my power consumption.

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Jerry Clifford@Minnetonka real estate

I believe you should go for the solar panel, many people have opted for it to save their costs and also get a feel that they're contributing to the planet.

Apart from that, yes more technology means more power is absolutely correct although there are now products coming up more frequently which are claiming to suck less power while giving more which is a good sign...we need better products sucking up less energy although some high end products will always eat up lots of power.

@Suresh

Sorry to hear about your story and I know it hurts even more when you know that your country has potential but still due to some greedy and mean politicians you people ultimately are suffering.

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Suresh Khanal@blogging and bloggers

Its so funny to read about your problem when I look about my own problem. Both of us share Power PROBLEM. Your problem is about getting more outlet for your device and look at me - I am a blogger who suffers of 12 hrs/day power-cut. I'm in Nepal - The second rich country in hydro-power possibility but due to the political problems here, there are no new projects completed and there is no sufficient electricity for everybody. Thus there is a load shedding of 12/hrs per day. Poor we!
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dragonblogger

Wow, I can't imagine having 12 hours a day power outages. That must really be rough.

Dennis Edell

Have the fire dept. on speed dial do ya? ;)

If any of those are things you're recharging, take a look at the power mat. http://www.powermat.com/ - no chords whatsoever. :)
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I was just looking at the powermat, pretty cool but 3/4 of the products I have aren't listed in the model, so don't think it will work for anything but my cell phone and iPOD.

Josiah@Best Ads for Blogs

I'm suprised that you didn't mention how hot it might be in your office, sounds like an oven.
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Gordie

You'll be leaking a lot of wasted power if you leave that stuff plugged in even if it's not turned on. You'll save a bit by going solar in the long run, but in the short term you'll have to fork out. Opportunity cost, brother! :)

Yep, but living in Arizona, Solar is the best way to go here. I will have to invest at some point. Would like to cut my electricity bills in 1/2 too, as I am paying almost $400 per month in electricity right now.

greenlants

Electric stuff makes me nervous. I always think it's amazing how people will put up tons of Christmas lights up, I know they have to add more circuits and wiring and all that, and that is just something I couldn't do lol. I feel your pain on running out of outlets though, the more we get advanced the more we're tied to things that need recharged. As for the solar panels, you're right, they would be good for the environment. Plus, the tax credit you would get for installing the solar panels wouldn't hurt either! Much better than fumbling around in the dark near wires and circuits! :P

I hear you, batteries are another horror story, we go through like $50 in double A, Triple A, C and 9 Volt batteries in our house, even with a dozen rechargeables, batteries monopolize lots of money as almost every kids toy takes them nowadays.