3B1 Electric bill!
Ron Wilson
rlw at ttardis.UUCP
Wed Oct 3 03:55:59 AEST 1990
In article <806 at tsnews.Convergent.COM>, bri at tsnews.Convergent.COM (Brian Rice) writes:
>car at ramecs.UUCP (Chris Rende) writes:
>
>
>>After leaving the 3B1 one for a month, like the manual suggests, I received
>>my first electric bill.
>
>>Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>
>>My electric bill increased by $20 per month!
>
>Look somewhere else, fellow 3b1'er... it ain't the PC at fault by any
>means. If you're leaving three lightbulbs burning constantly you're
>burning more power than the average 3b1! With an increase of that size
>I think I'd look to see if someone is running a Motor Home off of an
>extension cord out your backyard!!!
One other thing: the heat from the 3B1 could be causing your airconditioning
to run more.
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