1:51pm, Wednesday 14 March 2007
A co-worker lent me a plug-in power meter and I spent an evening measuring stuff...
standby | on | |
---|---|---|
CD player/amp | 7W/15VA | 15W/22VA |
tape player | 3W/7VA | 5W/7VA |
MD recorder | 7W/11VA | 10W/11VA |
Freeview box | 5W/14VA | 6W/14VA |
CRT TV | 2W/3VA | 60W/78VA |
VCR | 3W/7VA | 12W/22VA |
DVD player | 7W/14VA | 15W/29VA |
100Mbit switch | 5W/11VA | |
WY-60 terminal | 25W/44VA | |
Sun Sparcstation LX | 37W/63VA | |
N.I.C. | 41W/70VA | |
14" CRT monitor | 60W/100VA | |
17" TFT monitor | 2W/7VA | 39W/66VA |
PC: Athlon 1.5GHz | 4W/11VA | 110W/170VA |
electric "tube" heater | 220W/220VA |
I was slightly surprised to see that the TV/hi-fi/etc in the living room consume 34W in total when they're not actually doing anything.