The kill-a-watt is very easy to use and a standard. http://www.p3international.com/products/special/P4400/P4400-CE.html
Here's one person's modification of it. I've used the basic meters, but never modified one. http://www.ladyada.net/make/tweetawatt/ On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 7:37 PM, Michael Robinson <[email protected]> wrote: > I am wondering what my Pentium II 300 server system with the monitor > off most of the time is drawing power wise? I'm thinking 190 watts > is probably the max because I googled and that is apparently what a > K6-2 300 system draws. What is the best way for this Linux based > computer to post it's average power consumption via an Apache based > web site? This system has two Compaq 4G MA4039LP scsi drives, an > Adaptec 2940U2W, a scsi cdrom that is almost never used, a Thunderlan > dual nic, an Intel ISA PCMCIA card, and an ATI Rage 128 RF/SG AGP video > card. Don't know how much power the memory consumes, but I have 2 128 > meg PC66 DIMMs. I also have a cheap USB Logitech color Quickcam. A > cheap PS/2 mouse and keyboard are plugged in, but they are almost never > used. > > Is there a hardware product that I can plug in between the wall > and the power strip that feeds this computer which will report > the power consumption to Linux via a USB or ethernet port? The > only thing that readily comes to mind is getting an APC Smart UPS. > I have one that doesn't work right, don't know why. > > I would like a cheap amp meter that I can plug in inline between any > 15/20 amp AC device and a wall outlet. Obviously, it would be nice > if this amp meter has Linux compatible output capabilities. > > Actually, it would be nice if I could meter the circuit that this server > is on in isolation. > > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
