Jake Anderson wrote:
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I don't know who is saying desktop pc's are pulling 12W but I haven't
seen a system that will pull that from the wall outside a laptop.
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On 18/10/12 20:51, Jeremy Visser wrote:
On 18/10/12 10:58, David Lyon wrote:
In the last few days, I've been reading studies showing that
average power consumption of a PC is about 12W. Which
is not incredibly high.
Makes me wonder how much IÃÂâÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂm killing the planet with the
700W power
supply in my PC.
Anecdotally (no calibration of the Meter):
My AL511 Acer Monitor is pulling 7watt on standby and 22-24W in use.
Router/USB 3G Dongle isn't registering.
The Laptop running with battery, external keyboard and mouse, plugged into
power supply is pulling 14-19W.
It is worth noting, that to maximise battery operation, a lot of research and
development has gone into developing energy efficient laptops.
I also buy the maximum RAM available, when I purchase any computer.
Removing the Battery and running off mains power, the Netbook is
drawing 17W, it spiked to 24W when the fan came on but returned
to 17W (with fan still on, while I wrote this email).
The power use rose to 19 W, with a spike to 24W, when I fired up firefox.
When I opened up Open Office, it spiked to 24W then dropped back to 17,
then back to 19W.
Firing up GIMP it goes spiked at 22W.
Opening a document in the PDF viewer - the energy use spiked to 26W, before
dropping back to 17W
Loading ramin.com.au the power use is fluctuatint between 17-19W, for
slug.org.au 17-22W.
nsw.gov.au 19-24W
Writing this email, with Firefox, GIMP, PDF viewer and Open office running
in background,
fan came on and electricity use is fluctuating between 17-19W.
Marghanita
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