Monday, March 31, 2008

Mistake = Good news


Taking the advice of some postings, I purchased a Kill A Watt to get a more accurate measurement of the watts my computer system pulls. When using my system, the following components draw power.
  • Mac mini (1.5 GHz Intel Core Duo)
  • Mac 20" display
  • Lacie 500GB external hard drive
  • JBL Duet 2.0 speakers
These components pull 75 watts of power. 
  • Airport
  • Cable modem
These components pull 5 watts of power.

So instead 197 watts like I previously thought, I'm only looking at 80 watts. This is great news. I only need to collect 320 watt hours of solar power to run my computer system for 4 hours over the weekend.

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