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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?
 
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
 
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?
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A charger for a cell phone plugged in but not charging anything.
 
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?
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A charger for a cell phone plugged in but not charging anything.
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Ooh, good one, I'd like to know that too. Test when it's charging too.
 
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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?
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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)
 
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?
Click to expand...

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)
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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 🙂
 
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?
 
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?
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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
 
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?
Click to expand...

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)
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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
 
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).
 
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?
Click to expand...

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)
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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
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PSU could be more inefficient.
 
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. 🙂
 
Test a 5400 BTU energy saver air conditioner if you get a chance. Also test a refrigerator please.
 
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?
Click to expand...

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)
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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!
 
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?

 
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.
 
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