I measured the power consumption of a computer at 140 watts using a 'killowatt" power meter. Then I plugged the computer into my Belkin UPS and measured the increase in power drawn by the UPS at 200 watts.
Is the extra 60 watt penalty expected?
UPS power consumption penalty
Sep 18, 2008
7 Replies
70% efficient, not to good but what ever.
formatting link
"
It might be your power meter is reading noise from a poorly filter witching supply giving a false reading. Try inserting a line filter between your meter and the unit.
No. But perhaps the UPS is charging its batteries. A low cost UPS should not consume more than a few watts when idle.
Programmeren in Almere?
E-mail naar nico@nctdevpuntnl (punt=.)
Apart from the other answers, you have to watch out that the computer is identically occupied with work in both tests. I used a power meter to monitor my computer, and found these figures -
hibernating 1 W standby mode 93 W on, idling 127 W decoding MP3s 178 W encoding MP3s 205 W running Quake 4 294 W
John
Guess empirical testing shows it to be true!
++++++++
Takes a lot of power to make a quake, doesn't it?
Well, If I was dealing with a witching supply, I think I would also have some unexplainable events! :)
formatting link
"
Join the Discussion
Have something to add? Share your thoughts — no account required.
Didn't find your answer?
Ask the community — no account required