How can I find out how much energy my computer uses?

Question

Hi How to find out how much energy my computer uses. Can I use energy with C # .NET .. I looked too much, but could not find any idea!

Answer 1

You will have a difficult time, as not all machines will have h / w support for reporting this in WMI.

http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/eu/csharplanguage/thread/1eb2fc16-ceca-4984-acf8-cf81185d528f

Answer 2

Here you go.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Plug-In-Power-and-Energy-Monitor/dp/B000Q7PJGW

I have one that looks like this. Not limited to computers.

Using C #, although if your hardware does not support it, this is not possible.