On Oct 30, 2010, at 5:48 PM, Tina K. wrote: > On 2010/10/30 18:43, Cliff Rediger so eloquently wrote: >> not knowing too much about electricity 800 watts seems like a lot for >> our use. >> How much juice does a mac mini and external HD pull? > > My Power Mac draws about 500 watts, a Mac Mini is going to use significantly > less, and external HDDs use very little. 800 watts is more than enough for > those two devices. >
It's unlikely your PM draws 500 W. It's power supply is rated for around that much but actual use is rarely even close to that. I haven't tested any PM G4 but the PM G3 B&W I tested drew 67 W. It would be hard to draw 500W, even with the monitor running off the PM's power supply. > Tina > > -- > > iMac 20" USB 2 1.25GHz G4 2GB RAM GeForce FX 5200 Ultra 64MB DDR Ubuntu 10.10 > > Power Mac June 04 2GHz G5DP 8GB RAM GeForce 6800 Ultra DDL 256MB Leopard > 10.5.8 > > PowerBook G4 15" HiRes DLSD 1.67GHz G4 2GB RAM Radeon 9700 128MB DDR Leopard > 10.5.8 > Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting "I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway" -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
