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   Date: Sat, 03 Feb 2007 02:13:58 +0100   
   From: "Dirk T. Verbeek"    
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   CBFalconer schreef:   
   > Arrowcatcher wrote:   
   > ... snip ...   
   >> However, our "Kill-a-Watt" electricity monitors show that the   
   >> upgraded machines now draw 40% more ultility power.  My P4 machine   
   >> jumped from a nominal 105 watts to 145 with its new Invidia FX5500   
   >> display adapter, which I didn't otherwise need to edit AVI and   
   >> MPEG2 videos.   
   >    
   > At least in the US and Canada you don't need any fancy metering   
   > instrumentation.  Just turn off everything in the house, and check   
   > that the outside wattmeter is quiescent (no wheel rotation).  Turn   
   > on a calibrated (more or less) power drain, such as a 100 Watt   
   > bulb, and time one rotation of the wheel.  Now you can turn on the   
   > computer, turn off the bulb, repeat the measurement, and easily   
   > calculate the drain of the computer.  With a few simple equations   
   > you can handle any draw in the presence of any constant background   
   > drain.   
   >    
   > Rotation speed is proportional to power draw, and inversely   
   > proportional to the time per rotation.  That's all you need.   
   >    
   We in The Old World have them to.   
   Except we like to keep them inside where it's dry :)   
      
   Newer installation are digital with local and remote read out.   
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