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Article #213Re: Computers use 7W when SWITCHED OFF!
From: ~misfit~
Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2009 06:20
Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2009 06:20
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Somewhere on teh intarwebs brian w edginton wrote: > On Tue, 17 Mar 2009 04:18:19 GMT, Stephen Worthington > <stephen@jsw12.gen34.nz56.remove_numbers> wrote: > >> That light is probably a safety issue. They need it to be able to >> get there in the night without falling. It would be a lot more >> expensive to the country to have them hospitalised for a fall than >> leaving a light on. > > > Definitely. > Had ankle surgery last year....was quite unsteady on my feet for some > time. Especially problematic in the middle of the night (at my age, I > have to make a couple of trips) while barely awake. > I left the bathroom light on at night.. > Didn't fancy another month in hospital. ... and I have LED nightlights enroute and in the bathroom. They use maybe 2W all up and do the job just fine. Also, they don't 'wake me up' so much as I have trouble getting back to sleep. (I'm an insomniac.) -- Shaun. "Build a man a fire, and he`ll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he`ll be warm for the rest of his life." Terry Pratchett, Jingo.
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