[ale] current pulled by computer power supply

[Wandered Inn]

"Glenn C. Lasher Jr." wrote:
> 
> On Sat, 12 Aug 2000, Wandered Inn wrote:
> 
> > I'm to the point that I'm concerned with the amount of current I might
> > be pulling in my little office here.  I can find the maximum current for
> > each computer power supply stamped plainly on each box.   Question is,
> > does anyone know what the 'average' current is for a computer?  I
> > suspect that the max is only hit when the thing is powering up and/or
> > REAL busy.
> 
> 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..

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