On 8/14/05, <b class="gmail_sendername">Francois Ouellette</b> <<a href="mailto:fouellet-cpI+UMyWUv9BDgjK7y7TUQ@public.gmane.org">fouellet-cpI+UMyWUv9BDgjK7y7TUQ@public.gmane.org</a>> wrote:<div><span class="gmail_quote"></span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
It definitely costs something!<br><br>Looking at the added wattage of everything I have at home (2 desktops with<br>tube monitors, 1 laptop, router, printers, etc) it easily adds up to over<br>2500 watts when many things are in use at the same time. This costs easily a
<br>few dollars every day.</blockquote><div><br>
It's not nearly as simple as that.<br>
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Power supplies have to be rated for peak load, and, not unlike with
aircraft, that peak is normally required only for a brief period of
time, at start up time.<br>
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Once the system is up, it likely consumes quite a lot less than the 300W that is the common rating for PSUs...<br></div>-- <br><a href="http://www3.sympatico.ca/cbbrowne/linux.html">http://www3.sympatico.ca/cbbrowne/linux.html
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