On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 4:47 PM, Tim <[email protected]> wrote: > In any case, has anyone researched this more than I have?
I can't say that I've researched this any more than you have, but the tendency among the people I've met is to go all 12V, especially among ham radio operators. Most ham radio equipment operates off of 12V, anyway, and you can get 12V power supplies for PCs (http://www.mini-box.com/DC-DC). It makes even more sense when you're highly mobile, like [retired] RV dwellers. If you look in the right places, you can find just about anything you want in 12V form. If you're really that concerned about saving power, just buy equipment that doesn't need lots of power first. Atom-based PCs use something like 50W (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16856167032 at 12V), VIA systems are around 30W, and OMAP (http://beagleboard.org/ at 5V) systems are in the 5W range. An obvious disadvantage is in certain areas of performance, but I haven't met many gamers that worry terribly about cutting power consumption. :) As far as the UPS, goes, however, it's typical to just run a battery charger to a battery and then run your equipment off the battery. Depending on your level of expertise, you can create any variety of control circuitry to make sure you're not charging the battery when it's already full. -- Andrew Jackman [email protected] CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure, or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. All your base are belong to us. _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
