On Sep 30, 2012, at 6:11 PM, Valter Prahlad wrote: > Il giorno 30-09-2012 19:06, Dan ha scritto: > >>> I was astonished to discover it sucks 17 Watts when off! :-o > Correction: on a second, more accurate measurement, my G5 seems to draw 9 > Watts when off (instead of 17 - I'm using a cheap power meter, kind of a > "Kill-a-watt", and they are often inaccurate at low power consumption).
There wouldn't be a power strip in there somewhere, with a little neon light burning all the time? Is there a power adapter for an Apple Cinema display? That pulls power all the time to enable the power-on feature of the monitor. Come to think of it, the G5 may pull a trickle of power to maintain that as well. Second, calibrate your 'Kill-a-watt' clone, plug something like a vacuum cleaner, an iron, or some other 'dumb' appliance into it and see what the power usage is when off...you may be seeing false positives. An IgNobel prize was just won by folks who "demonstrated" brain activity in a dead Atlantic Salmon: <http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/scicurious-brain/2012/09/25/ignobel-prize-in-neuroscience-the-dead-salmon-study/> (Me I wonder why they're covering up the clear evidence of zombie atlantic salmon....) -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- 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 [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
