No I'm trying to figure out how much more energy efficient our new 7" LCD display alarm is to our "old" LED version, and based upon an PF of .6, the difference is $25 / year.
Marketing is trying to capitalize on the Energy efficiency. Thanks everybody for the input. Stefan On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 12:54 PM, Ben Scott <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > -- Stefan Jafs ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
