On Mon, Jan 19, 2004 at 12:25:15PM +1100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > <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 :-)
Or get yourself a hand-held multi-meter and take a load reading. My 1U dual-pIII server with a couple SCSI drives uses 47 watts. My notebook is 24W, and desktop runs 39. If you have a smart UPS, you can use the management tool to see how much load you draw. _______________________________________________ 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
