> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Chris Albertson > Sent: Friday, 16 January 2004 4:32 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] ultra-cheap asterisk box >
<snip> > What I'm finding is that the PCs are so cheap that the cost of > electric power to run them is now a large part of the cost. > (assume 0.20/kwh times 200W times 365 days = $350. So you > pay for the PC again every year in electric power to run it. > Worse. In an office with airconditioning _all_ of that PC's > 200W goes to heat and your A/C unit will use about 220W of > power to remove that 200W of heat.) > and at a small office they will not have a server room so noise > from the fan is an issue. Are you sure the computer uses all the Power all the time? I would have thought that 200W was the peak, not the average. I guess the only way to measure it is to watch your home's power meter after you've turned off everything else :-) Cheers, Woody _______________________________________________ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
