[ale] About that firewall machine [Was]Re: [ale] unidentified processes

[Calvin Harrigan]

The average laptop draws considerably less power than say a 60 watt lamp.  My HP omnibook uses about 15-20 Watts full tilt. Even while recharging the battery I usually never get above 30 watts.  The 30 watts include the pc operating and charging the battery simultaneously.  These numbers I'm throwing out are not true wattage ratings they are more volt/amp ratings.  Close to true wattage but not exactly.  The best part is true wattage is usually less than the volt/amp rating.

-----Original Message-----
From: John Wells <jbwellsiv at yahoo.com>
To: ale at ale.org
Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2001 07:55:16 -0800 (PST)
To: Irv Mullins <irvm at ellijay.com>, ale at ale.org
Subject: Re: [ale] About that firewall machine [Was]Re: [ale] unidentified processes


> Yeah...that's a bit out of my price range.  Am I
> making much ado about nothing here?  Anyone have any
> idea how running a laptop solely as a router 24/7
> would compare to, say, leaving a lamp on round the
> clock?
> 
> I've disconnected the laptops monitor, so there's some
> power savings right there.  
> 
> John
> 
> 
> --- Irv Mullins <irvm at ellijay.com> wrote:
> > On Wednesday 19 December 2001 08:51 am, you wrote:
> > > John Wells wrote:
> > > > I'm interested in power consumption as well. 
> > I've
> > > > finally got my laptop router working well, but I
> > > > really hate to leave it on 'round the clock if
> > I'm
> > > > throwing money out the window.
> > > >
> > > > I'm assuming Radio Shack would be the place to
> > find a
> > > > meter like this?
> > >
> > > Yeah, but I've not seen a cheap amp meter. 
> > Standard vom meters you can
> > > get for $10 at radio shack don't usually handle
> > large currents ac
> > > currents.  I've not priced them in a while, but
> > last time I checked,
> > > they run > $100.
> > 
> > Last time I was in a Radio Shack, they had the
> > 'clamp-on' style ammeter 
> > for about $70, I think. OTOH, that $70 would
> > probably buy a year's worth 
> > of electricity for your computer (unless you're in
> > California).
> > 
> > If you're really concerned with saving electricity,
> > John, turn off the 
> > refrigerator!
> > 
> > Regards,
> > Irv
> > 
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