On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 12:49 PM, Carl Houseman <[email protected]> wrote:
> If you’re really this concerned over accuracy, get/buy a Kill-A-Watt and
> plug one into it, that will give you the actual W used by the device.
> Nameplate or specification current ratings are generally higher than actual
> usage.

  For that matter, 290 mA is tiny.  Stefan Jafs, how long you looking
to run this thing for?  You could prolly run it for a week on a car
battery.  ;-)

  (Note that car batteries are actually poor performers for this kind
of thing, but you get the idea.)

-- Ben

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