I work from home
I reckon that 75% of the bills are all the computers and lights I need to work from home. Computers are hideously power hungry, almost like having 3 100 Watt bulbs continuously on.

Maybe if the guy was working different hours it would help to take daily meter readings and before leaving and returning to see how much electric could reasonably said to be their fault. Then split the bill by the number of units each person used plus half of the remainder. That would be reasonably fair and might offer some evidence of who is responsible for what.

As for food theft etc., the guy should go to hell. If he is working then he should buy his own damned food.
(MagicMoose, Tue 28 Oct 2008, 11:05, 1 reply)

If your PC is really power hungry
why not get a Laptop / small form factor PC?

I mean you can pick up a brand new 1.6GHz Intel Atom motherboard for £50 and a full Atom-based computer only takes 42Watts of power (according to my kill-a-watt).

Obviously, not if you need a huge amount of processing power all the time. But for office work it's certainly worth it!
( uberdeity Wondered why Owen Lars knew of the term "hell" on, Tue 28 Oct 2008, 11:42, closed)