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Heads up: your second monitor might be using way more power than you think
I was messing around with a kill-a-watt meter I borrowed from a buddy in Denver and decided to check my setup. My main 27 inch 4k display pulled about 45 watts but my old 24 inch 1080p second monitor was sipping 65 watts. Turns out that older LCD panels with CCFL backlights are seriously inefficient compared to modern LED ones. I never even thought about it before but now I'm looking at swapping it out to save on my electric bill. Has anyone else checked what their monitors draw?
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james9221d ago
Ask if you checked what mode your old monitor runs in. Some CCFL displays actually pull less power if you drop the brightness down from max. I'd also wonder if that meter was reading correctly, because 65 watts sounds like a lot for a 24 inch panel. My old Dell from 2009 tops out around 50 watts and that thing is ancient. Might be worth testing again with the brightness at a normal level.
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