Got a new nerd toy

[redly]

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I picked one of these puppies up off of ebay for ~$25.

so far, I've discovered that..
folding@home bumps my PC's power consumption by 29W.
a 100 string of Christmas lights takes 46W.
my computer takes 5W when it's turned off , 103W when on at 0% load.
my 19in CRT takes 4W instandby, 83W surfing AT

cell phone charger (LG VX4400) 2W with no phone, 4W charging a phone
humidifier - 454W

27in Panasonic TV (~4 yrs old) 2W in standby, 65-105W watching TV
Toshiba SD-H400 TiVo - 28W in standby, 29W on
General Instruments Digital Bable box - 18W in standby, 19W on
Samsung 1.1kW Microwave - 4W in standby, ~1200W cooking
2 slice toaster - 850W
Coffee Maker - 900W
100W Incandescent Lamp - 104W
Maytag Washer - ~500W wash cycle, .57power factor
RCA Cable Modem - 8W
SMC 7004br router 5W
Lexmark E210 b&w laser printer, Standby - 5W, printing - 575W,

14.7in Natcomp LCD - 19W
P3 667 dinosaur machine - 36W steady state, 54W running Folding@home

more to come, any ideas or requests?

 

[Ime]

I need one of those.

 

[mobobuff]

Unless you have a switching PSU and it's switched off, it'll still be consuming some power.

Test a microwave.
Or a hairdryer.

My guess for both is approximately 950W

 

[FrustratedUser]

Originally posted by: redly
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I picked one of these puppies up off of ebay for ~$25.

so far, I've discovered that..
folding@home bumps my PC's power consumption by 29W.
a 100 string of Christmas lights takes 46W.
my computer takes 10W when it's turned off , 103W when on at 0% load.

more to come, any ideas or requests?

A charger for a cell phone plugged in but not charging anything.

 

[mobobuff]

Originally posted by: FrustratedUser

Originally posted by: redly
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I picked one of these puppies up off of ebay for ~$25.

so far, I've discovered that..
folding@home bumps my PC's power consumption by 29W.
a 100 string of Christmas lights takes 46W.
my computer takes 10W when it's turned off , 103W when on at 0% load.

more to come, any ideas or requests?

A charger for a cell phone plugged in but not charging anything.

Ooh, good one, I'd like to know that too. Test when it's charging too.

 

[bigredguy]

TV?

 

[HokieESM]

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folding@home bumps my PC's power consumption by 29W.
my computer takes 10W when it's turned off , 103W when on at 0% load.

more to come, any ideas or requests?

Makes you really wonder why some people buy 500W PSUs..... especially when yours is consuming 132W running F@H. ;-) (its actually kind of funny... I have a Kill-A-Watt, and my friends Athlon64 3200+ and his new 6800gt consumes only about 170W--from the WALL--when he's playing FarCry)

 

[mobobuff]

Originally posted by: HokieESM

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folding@home bumps my PC's power consumption by 29W.
my computer takes 10W when it's turned off , 103W when on at 0% load.

more to come, any ideas or requests?

Makes you really wonder why some people buy 500W PSUs..... especially when yours is consuming 132W running F@H. ;-) (its actually kind of funny... I have a Kill-A-Watt, and my friends Athlon64 3200+ and his new 6800gt consumes only about 170W--from the WALL--when he's playing FarCry)

It's best if a power supply never comes close to its max capacity load. With some systems that have a lot of components, or power-hungry ones, they need a higher capacity PSU if they want it to last longer than 5 weeks. Also, higher rated PSUs are likely to have more molex connectors, and the more of those, the better

 

[Mandos]

Wow I want one. And I'ma start switching things off when I leave the house. Lots of wasted electricity

 

[PoPPeR]

so what? I got a fleshlight yesterday.

I win

 

[PoPPeR]

on second thought, where's one of those compute how much it costs per year in W calculators? With the specs you just gave, how much would it cost to leave your computer/monitor on for a full year or something?

 

[FrustratedUser]

Woah, 2W for an unused cellphone charger. :Q

 

[redly]

Originally posted by: PoPPeR
on second thought, where's one of those compute how much it costs per year in W calculators? With the specs you just gave, how much would it cost to leave your computer/monitor on for a full year or something?

not hard to calculate

take Watts x hours, divide by 1000, multiply by utility rate (mine is $0.07/kWh) tada!!

I figured it costs me ~$5/month to keep my computer on an extra 10 hrs a day and run folding@home 24/7

 

[txxxx]

How about laptops? The PSU for mine outputs 20V at 8A, so upto 160w into the laptop.

 

[redly]

Originally posted by: HokieESM

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folding@home bumps my PC's power consumption by 29W.
my computer takes 10W when it's turned off , 103W when on at 0% load.

more to come, any ideas or requests?

Makes you really wonder why some people buy 500W PSUs..... especially when yours is consuming 132W running F@H. ;-) (its actually kind of funny... I have a Kill-A-Watt, and my friends Athlon64 3200+ and his new 6800gt consumes only about 170W--from the WALL--when he's playing FarCry)

Whoa, that's wild. My PC specs:

340W enlight PS
Shuttle MN31 nforce 2 mobo w/ onboard everything
XP2500 Barton, currently running stock speed
2 x 256MB PC3500
2x 80GB
cd burner

seems a little high to be pulling 103W @ 0% load if your buddies PC is only pulling 170W

 

[Lonyo]

Those on about power supplies.
Often they quote 500W at like 20 degrees, so at the 40 degrees it probably runs, you'll be getting a lot less power, unless you buy a quality PSU.
You also have to make sure everything gets the necessary juice. A 500W SPU doesn't have 500w to spread about, it has certain limits on each part (12v/5v/3.3v). Many PSU's have crap 12v rails (very low amps).

 

[bigredguy]

surge protecor?

printer - printing/on/off

xbox/ps2 on/off

cordless phone (the base part) when on/off phone

 

[txxxx]

Originally posted by: redly

Originally posted by: HokieESM

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folding@home bumps my PC's power consumption by 29W.
my computer takes 10W when it's turned off , 103W when on at 0% load.

more to come, any ideas or requests?

Makes you really wonder why some people buy 500W PSUs..... especially when yours is consuming 132W running F@H. ;-) (its actually kind of funny... I have a Kill-A-Watt, and my friends Athlon64 3200+ and his new 6800gt consumes only about 170W--from the WALL--when he's playing FarCry)

Whoa, that's wild. My PC specs:

340W enlight PS
Shuttle MN31 nforce 2 mobo w/ onboard everything
XP2500 Barton, currently running stock speed
2 x 256MB PC3500
2x 80GB
cd burner

seems a little high to be pulling 103W @ 0% load if your buddies PC is only pulling 170W

PSU could be more inefficient.

 

[edro]

I just bought one on eBay! That thing looks sweet. I can't wait to post my results, when I get it in a week or so.

 

[tomt4535]

hmm, interesting. i might have to pick one of these up

 

[KB]

Test a 5400 BTU energy saver air conditioner if you get a chance. Also test a refrigerator please.

 

[dderidex]

Originally posted by: HokieESM

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folding@home bumps my PC's power consumption by 29W.
my computer takes 10W when it's turned off , 103W when on at 0% load.

more to come, any ideas or requests?

Makes you really wonder why some people buy 500W PSUs..... especially when yours is consuming 132W running F@H. ;-) (its actually kind of funny... I have a Kill-A-Watt, and my friends Athlon64 3200+ and his new 6800gt consumes only about 170W--from the WALL--when he's playing FarCry)

Indeed, and that's why Shuttle XPC systems can get away with 250w PSUs with Athlon64s, Pentium-4s, dual-channel DDR ram, SATA hard drives, and GeForce 6800GTs.

It's all about the quality of the PSU - how many watts per rail, etc. A QUALITY 250w PSU is more than enough for any amount of system usage, the parts just don't use that much power!

 

[brxndxn]

My 350W 4-year-old Enermax power supply has a 32A 12V rail. Look at the specs on most 550W power supplies and my 32A on 12V rail pwns it. I've seen 500W power supplies with 20A 12V rails.. I mean.. WTF is that?

 

[Kelemvor]

I always wanted to get one of those from the local Home Improvement store to test out some things in my house. Of course then I'd just return it when I was done... But would be interesting to see what certain things use like air cleaners, computers, lamps (test CF vs normal bulbs), etc.

 

[redly]

Originally posted by: txxxx

PSU could be more inefficient.

That's what I', thinking. And my rails are dipping (11.31V on the 12V) plus it's a refurb board