I run about 400 to 500 watts just for my in-house server farm, add in appliances (fridge, freezer, DVR, etc) and my daily average usage when not at home is double that. I'm not really concerned about tracking down the small loads, more interested in looking for unexpected large loads and trend over time.
I retired one server and replaced the full-size Dell with a small XeonD server and solid state drives. Now I'm down to about 300W for the server farm, including the power drawn by the PoE switch (feeds cameras, etc so they don't need their own wall wart).
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For what it's worth, a few added comments from my end as to what I've been up to on energy at my house, since starting this poll:
- got my solar and my batteries all sorted. No appliance efficiency improvements that I'm aware, but (maybe) some improvements I think in overall solar kWh per day harvested.
- got a used Plug-in Hybrid Chevy Volt. How many kWh extra per day does it add to my home use? I have no good idea, I can't get the Ted5000 to work on that panel.
Wild guess @ average 15 electric miles per day = about 5 kWh per day added to home use. When away traveling, this is not the case though, the vehicle is either at the airport or driving with me.
- no really strong progress on home "baseline", so I am still between 3-4 kWh per day when away traveling, though I guess recently there are signs that I can get this back down below 3 kWh per day (I forget where I was with this when I filled out the poll). Maybe even below a "measured" 2 kWh per day if I was really into it. This is just a matter of more carefully going through the house, if I feel like it, and turning off or unplugging certain small items. I say "measured" because with the TED5000 not working on that one panel, I'll assume that my actual use could be a bit higher.