[tlug] Power Consumption (was Power Consumption Cost)

[Jim <jep200404@example.com>]

Erin D. Hughes wrote:

> But if you have the time I got the beer 
> [you're] welcome to come over and [you] can figure it out! 

I have a Wattmeter, but it can't handle 220VAC. 

As a compromise, you can measure VA with cheap ordinary Chinese DVM 
and a power cord modified to allow measurement of the current drawn. 

> On Wed, 2006-06-21 at 23:42 -0400, Jim wrote:
> > It is possible to have a computer that would use only 
> > 4500 yen per year of electricity. Without further 
> > information about your computer, it's unlikely that your 
> > computer is such a computer. 

> It is a Dell (given to me) P4 1.8 mhz 512 MB W/2 Western Digital HDs IDE 7200rpm and 1 cdrom. 

That's likely in the 100W ballpark, probably a bit more.