How much electricity does an Airport Express 802.11n use (approximately)?
Is turning it off at night to save money a good idea or a bad idea?
AirPort Express 802.11n (1st Gen), Mac OS X (10.6.8)
I've just measured it using a digital wattmeter, and it draws 4 watts when idle. This means about 3 kWh/month, or 0.60 €/month (at my current 0.20 € / kWh), so it is not the culprit of my huge energy bill...
Surely it is not worth the hassle of unplugging it everyday, with the accelerated ageing it causes to the device.
That's exactly the data I needed to know. Thank you very much!
I was concerned because the Express is always quite warm, which sometimes can mean big energy bills.......🙂
tronchaviones wrote:
I've just measured it using a digital wattmeter, and it draws 4 watts when idle. This means about 3 kWh/month, or 0.60 €/month (at my current 0.20 € / kWh), so it is not the culprit of my huge energy bill...
Surely it is not worth the hassle of unplugging it everyday, with the accelerated ageing it causes to the device.
I've conducted an exhaustive measure with a tester. As a result, the consumption in working time is 2.7 watts. In the test I kept running two simultaneous devices in video streaming, fully loaded data transmission.
Hello:
The power use is minimal.
I would certainly not turn it off. In fact, I always sleep my iMac unless I am leaving town for awhile.
Barry
How much electricity does an Airport Express use (approximately)?
