semi-OT: power requirements

Thu Feb 18 03:28:56 UTC 2010

A few months ago I had an inline unit that measured the power used by any connected appliance. A 20" CRT used 96 Watts / .86A when working. An old AMD K6-2 with 550MHz CPU drew 80 Watts / .69A when the HDD and CPU were running. The CPU ran hot, so was not too efficient.

John.

> Subject: [TLUG]: semi-OT: power requirements
> From: matt.price-H217xnMUJC0sA/PxXw9srA at public.gmane.org
> To: tlug-lxSQFCZeNF4 at public.gmane.org
> Date: Wed, 17 Feb 2010 21:22:36 -0500
> 
> hey folks,
> 
> I'm putting together a proposal to build a linux-based computer lab
> using salvaged hardware in a public housing building, and realize i
> don't have a really good idea how much power i'm going to need in it.
> Has anyone on the list built computer labs, and do you know rules of
> thumb for energy requirements?  these are older machines with CRT
> monitor, so though not quite as power-hungry as today's quad-cores,
> they're nowhere near as efficient as modern thin clients or the like.  
> 
> thanks much!  all the best,
> matt
> 
> -- 
> Matt Price
> matt.price-H217xnMUJC0sA/PxXw9srA at public.gmane.org

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