Anyone know how much power consumption an idle or sleep mode imac takes?

1. 2020-01-06 at 11:45 PM UTC

   #1
   Wariat Marine/Preteen Biologist
   I have an iMac hooked up to a tv and always leave it on all night in sleep mode. Is this bad for the electricity bill?
2. 2020-01-06 at 11:56 PM UTC

   #2
   

   aldra JIDF Controlled Opposition
   https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201918
   
   https://www.jaycar.com.au/mains-power-meter/p/MS6115
   
   you'd want to use something like this to guage how much power a device is using. it'll use very little in sleep mode though
3. 2020-01-07 at 12 AM UTC

   #3
   Wariat Marine/Preteen Biologist
   They just mention idle. Is idle not being used but turned on with screen on or is this referring to sleep mode?
4. 2020-01-07 at 12:04 AM UTC

   #4
   

   aldra JIDF Controlled Opposition
   yeah idle is on without running any programs or anything. apparently about 1.5w to maintain sleep mode according to apple
5. 2020-01-07 at 12:10 AM UTC

   #5
   Wariat Marine/Preteen Biologist
   For all iMacs. Mine is like from 2006 or 2009.
6. 2020-01-07 at 12:10 AM UTC

   #6
   Wariat Marine/Preteen Biologist
   It has an hd4670.
7. 2020-01-07 at 12:14 AM UTC

   #7
   

   aldra JIDF Controlled Opposition
   shouldn't matter which model; almost all hardware is shut down in sleep mode, it's just the motherboard that's kept partially powered
8. 2020-01-07 at 1:16 AM UTC

   #8
   Wariat Marine/Preteen Biologist
   Thanks for the info. The other wuestion I have if you have time is do you know if power converters from usa to europe or pal electricity take a lot of consumption?
9. 2020-01-07 at 2:10 AM UTC

   #9
   

   aldra JIDF Controlled Opposition
   most 'tech' devices like laptops have switch-mode transformers that can run off of either 240vac or 120vac so there's no real difference in power consumption.
   
   if you actually need to convert between the two there will be some efficiency loss in the conversion but it shouldn't be much