Cold Weather

Since I run many computers in one of our offices, I'm always glad when winter comes around. It means cold weather, and no more air conditioning costs!

I hope to see a $50 to $75 reduction in my monthly electricity bill.

Its too bad computers make so much heat. Cooling them can get expensive! If computers get too hot, they fail, so I monitor the temperature of the machines I manage every four hours.

Energy Kinetics Heat Exchanger

This is a picture of a heat exchanger that my step-father installed at his house:

Energy Kinetics Heat Exchanger Model 14U

“Energy Kinetics Heat Exchanger Model 14U”

Rolling Brownouts

Power Line

Strange, but this past Sunday there were rolling brownouts here in Bethesda, MD.

Electronic Device Charging Station

This is a great idea by IKEA for a very annoying problem!

As we use more and more hand held electronic devices, the chargers needed to charge all these devices multiple like rabbits.

Why isn't there a standard for AC/DC adapters? Who knows, but I bet its due to a very annoying reason.

Anyway, this little device helps make the situation less annoying:

IKEA Charging Station