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- From: greyham@research.canon.oz.au (Graham Stoney)
- Subject: Re: Power Consumption
- Message-ID: <Bs4L6n.1EC@research.canon.oz.au>
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- Organization: Canon Information Systems Research Australia
- References: <1992Jul22.003556.13948@raven.uucp> <1992Jul22.030400.5276@digifix!uunet.ca> <BrrvDt.BrG@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>
- Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1992 00:54:22 GMT
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- lemson@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (David Lemson) writes:
- >Also, stating a wattage assumes a certain voltage, which is why the
- >original poster gave a load in amps and a voltage. You get watts by
- >multiplying volts*amps. .91*114, in this case. (note that this is
- ^^^^^^^^^^ - Not with AC you don't!
- >103.74, which is MUCH below the 300W that the cube's power supply
- >can draw if needed)
-
- You also need to multiply by the power factor, which separate current and
- voltage readings can't give you. You have calculated apparent power, not real
- power. But even worse; the NeXT uses a switchmode power supply, which don't
- draw anywhere near a constant load, so it's most likely that the original
- current reading is meaningless as well.
-
- Summary: To get a meaningful measure of power consumption, you need a real
- (as opposed to apparent) AC power meter.
-
- Regards,
- Graham
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