ESPN has said that they are going to power down the set whenever they are not on the air, i am wondering if the power used to reboot everything (lights, computers ect.) cancel out what they were saving?
2007-11-04 13:51:54 · 3 answers · asked by sigmapi_razz 2 in Environment ➔ Global Warming
Powering things up does not take more power than running them normally. That is just a myth. The real reason to keep everything running is that things fail more often when being started than when they are just left running. Even a simple light bulb. I have never seen a light that had been on for a while suddenly burn out. They always suddenly burn out when switched on.
2007-11-04 13:56:03 · answer #1 · answered by campbelp2002 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Reboot takes maybe a minute, and uses little more power than running.
If they'd be turned off for a few minutes, it clearly saves energy.
The same is true for anything around your home.
2007-11-05 01:20:47 · answer #2 · answered by Bob 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
That's a great question, but I think it's NBC. They just performed their halftime show in the dark.
Unbelievable.
2007-11-04 22:03:43 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋