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Re: [LUG] Low-power file/mail/web/print server...

 

On Wed, 19 Nov 2008, Steve Lee wrote:

looks like the model David McKay used for this little experiment on
phone chargers

http://www.inference.phy.cam.ac.uk/sustainable/charger/

Yep - looks the same.

I'm getting one as I've wondered for ages about the standby
consumption of our various appliances

I was surprised at some stuff in my home/office when I got it. TV - 4W on standby. Sky box (basic one nothing fancy) 4W in-use, 4W standby. (Huh?) HP colour laser printer - up to 1.5KW when printing, but a staggering 30W when in low-power idle mode - it gets turned off now. The worst offender is my main UPS - it's a 1.5KVA double conversion unit (MGE Pulsar) it wastes about 60W with nothing plugged into it )-:

Gordon


Steve

2008/11/19 Gordon Henderson <gordon+dcglug@xxxxxxxxxx>:
On Wed, 19 Nov 2008, Rob Beard wrote:

I'm going to have to get one of those power meters.  I was talking to
someone yesterday about the power usage on a P3-667 compared to my
Phenom X4 and I'd love to see what the real power usage is and how they
compare.

Would one of the cheap £15 ones from B&Q be up to the job for this sort
of thing?

Mine came from Maplin and wow - they're on offer for a tenner - buy them
now! (and I might just get myself a 2nd!)

 http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=38343

Gordon
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