[ale] current pulled by computer power supply

[Wandered Inn]

"Glenn C. Lasher Jr." wrote:
> 
> On Sun, 13 Aug 2000, Wandered Inn wrote:
> 
> > > I'd like to offer a fairly low-tech solution:  get a good multimeter that
> > > can measure AC amps, and put it inline with the computer.
> >
> > Thought about that.  I'm probably going to borrow one.  Unless they've
> > come down a bit since I priced them, I don't want to drop the bucks for
> > something I won't probably use again for 10 years. ;)  Then again, maybe
> > they've come down in price like computers..
> 
> I don't know what they are selling for new.  Since I am also a hardware
> hacker in the analog realm, I keep one around, but I bought it used for $5
> at a hamfest.

Last time I checked, it's been a while, something that would handle
current > 1 amp was > $100.  It's been a while though.  My neighbor is a
tech at HiFi Buys, I'm going to borrow one from him.

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