Re: [tlug] Power Consumption (was Power Consumption Cost)

["GMO Unix Erin D. Hughes" <erin-hughes@example.com>]

On Thu, 2006-06-22 at 02:14 -0400, Jim wrote:
> 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! 
Come on Jim I would hold your beer and probably get you another one while you are busy.
I wouldn't make you do everything. 
 
> 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. 
> 
>