[rescue] SGI goodies anyone? - Power consumption..

[Ian Finder]

> Since our house is all-electric, I just used the Challenge L as a furnace;
> eight months of the year it was a straight swap for regular electric heat,
> money-wise.  The other four months, well, we don't budget that closely....

This. Never feel guilty for running your collection in the winter.
It's more efficient than a space heater... (Though that isn't saying
much, but look at how many people use them...)

For a while I ran my large rack Onyx off a generator because my house
didn't have 220. I was measuring compute performance in instructions
per gallon.

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   Ian Finder
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