just curious to end
a dispute.
2007-10-17 18:19:56 · 16 answers · asked by ? 5 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
Depends on the relative size or power of each.
A typical PC draws 100-150 watts when on, and a few when off.
A typical stereo you play in your home is probably about 75-125 watts, and most will consume that much even when no sound is coming out. But one capable of blasting the roof off will use more.
Check the TV label. A tube type might user 150-400 watts, a 50-inch LCD is proably under 200, and a 50-inch plasma takes nearly 500.
For under $50 you can buy a wattmeter to test your appliances, if you are serious about saving energy. The big users are electric heat, then any big motors like pool pumps, then your fridge and freezer.
2007-10-17 18:30:12 · answer #1 · answered by isisdave 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
A desktop PC is about the same as a 25" TV. The larger screen TV's take more.
2007-10-17 18:25:14 · answer #2 · answered by knowmeansknow 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Those three are pretty much equal, at most, a few hundred watts. A toaster, heater, or hair dryer, on the other hand, typically consumes 1500 watts.
To the f**king know-it-all who is giving the thumbs down: what is your "expert" opinion?
2007-10-17 18:23:39 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
depends what kind of TV if you leave a plasma plugged in and the little red lights still on it eats as much power as 15 normal TV's all up, if they are left on
2007-10-17 18:24:15 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i would say a PC, but i guess it really depends on which you use the most, which in my case,would still be the computer
2007-10-17 18:25:13 · answer #5 · answered by Miss Understood 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
depend on type of your TV, stereo, and PC
2007-10-18 03:28:55 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I heard having appliances plugged into the wall eats up electricity...shutting off your computer eats up electricity too...I usually put mine on stand-by.
2007-10-17 18:23:39 · answer #7 · answered by Mrs. 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I'd say the PC.
2007-10-17 18:24:35 · answer #8 · answered by greythound crazy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the pc
infact its even using up energy when its turned off
because it needs to like run for the memory as in the clock on the computer
uhmm
but it doesnt use alot when its turned off than when its on
so shea
2007-10-17 18:24:35 · answer #9 · answered by Jona 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I think the PC..
IDK
I'M not a electrician.
2007-10-17 18:22:46 · answer #10 · answered by KK 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋