I'm curious to know which processor and disk you've got in your laptop On Mon, Oct 22, 2012 at 9:28 AM, Marghanita da Cruz <marghan...@ramin.com.au > wrote:
> Jake Anderson wrote: > <snip> > >> 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. >> > <snip> > >> 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 I’m 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 > -- > Marghanita da Cruz > Ramin Communications (Sydney) > Website: http://ramin.com.au > Phone:(+612) 0414-869202 > --- > Eco-Annandale 2012 on the Theme of Energy > http://ramin.com.au/annandale/**eco-annandale-2012<http://ramin.com.au/annandale/eco-annandale-2012> > > > > > > > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ > Subscription info and FAQs: > http://slug.org.au/faq/**mailinglists.html<http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html> > -- Kind Regards, Christopher Barnes e. chris.p.bar...@gmail.com -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
