In article <nt1th1l97dcqv6p366q9o4n51dkcqos28e@4ax.com>,
chris_blunt@despammed.com says...

>
> You have to take into account the fact that the display monitor can
> consume much more power than all the rest of the computer equipment
> put together. This was especially true for the older CRT type
> monitors, less so for new LCD displays.
>
> A computer running 24/7 doing nothing except operating as a server for
> running Asterisk or something, but with the display turned off, would
> consume less power than one being used every day for normal work.
>
I realise that, but my other computers did not have the displays on all
the time either. The displays was only on when the computer needed to be
accessed.