Date: Sat, 01 May 2010 15:27:45 -0400 From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> Subject: Re: ziz a dumb question? Message-ID: <44ocgz5sni.fsf@lowell-desk.lan> In-Reply-To: <20100501155543.f909c863.freebsd@edvax.de> (Polytropon's message of "Sat, 1 May 2010 15:55:43 %2B0200") References: <20100501015705.GA46858@thought.org> <20100501041913.81a34394.freebsd@edvax.de> <20100501030350.GB46985@thought.org> <20100501052055.9def3399.freebsd@edvax.de> <4BDC09A8.4030405@onetel.com> <20100501155543.f909c863.freebsd@edvax.de>
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Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> writes: > On Sat, 01 May 2010 11:59:52 +0100, Chris Whitehouse <cwhiteh@onetel.com> wrote: >> Seriously? Or joking? How did you measure it? > > Well... erm... in fact... I didn't measure anything, I just > utilized the numbers. :-) Modern PCs come with a 700 W power > supply (and more), and the specs for my AS/400e 9406-170 say > 654 W with expansion unit (326 W without), measured kVA values > (according to manual) are similar. Weight is 70.5 kg, and > size is two big towers side by side. Knowing the capacity of the power supply (in this case, 700 watts) doesn't tell you any more about how much power it's using right now than knowing my car's top speed would tell you anything about how long it takes me to drive to work. -- Lowell Gilbert, embedded/networking software engineer, Boston area http://be-well.ilk.org/~lowell/
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