On Monday 13 December 2004 04:19 pm, Rolf wrote:
> Hmm.. he was talking GBP, British Pounds.. i.e not much sun for solar
> panels.... ;-)

If 600W costs $300 here, wouldn't =A3250 be considered more expensive?

Doing some quick math:
$300 x 5years =3D $1500

Assuming you got 1/2 a day to work with, then you need a 1200w panel, so=20
doing a real quick internet search, let's see what a 1200w panel costs?

http://www.partsonsale.com/
...okay 1000watts @$1399 seems close-enough!  ;-)

 ,=20
> Rolf
>
> Jose Da Silva wrote:
> >Electricity here is cheap by those standards. I figured it would take
> > about 5 years to pay-back the use of a solar panel here based on our
> > rates, but based on the prices you suggest, you should be able to pay
> > off a solar panel much sooner.  If you mount it well/sturdy enough th=
ey
> > should be able to last well over 10years (25 according to some articl=
es,
> > I think).
> >
> >On Monday 13 December 2004 01:26 pm, Philip Pemberton wrote:
> >>In message <88eca922041213104171e713c8@mail.gmail.com>
> >>
> >>          Mike Hord <mike.hord@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>On
> >>>my system at home, behind a standard off-the-shelf Linksys router, i=
t
> >>>comes back as being nigh impervious to assault.
> >>
> >>Same here with my Linux box. Problem is, said Linux box has a problem
> >>with.. well.. excessive power consumption. 200W! It's costing =A320 a
> >>quarter (=A380) a year just to run that thing, not to mention the las=
er
> >>printer (which isn't too bad; only 11W in sleep mode, which is what i=
t
> >>spends 90% of its time doing), the 17" CRT (65W), RiscPC (100W PSU
> >>rating), and my P-III/600 workstation. All in, it comes to just over
> >> 600W and (in theory anyway) costs around =A363 a quarter, or =A3250 =
a year
> >> worst-case [ note to self: find cheap 240V AC ammeter ].
> >>
> >>What I need is a nice, cheap, energy-efficient Linux system with an
> >>onboard IDE/ATA controller. "Four options, you're free to pick any tw=
o".
> >>
> >>Later.
>
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