[ale] OT: Calculating PC power consumption

[Jim Popovitch]

Forget the clamp on ones for something like this.  Go to your local
hardware store or Home Depot and get the inline ones.  It plugs into the
wall, you plug your equipment into it.  Problem is, you have to
power-down to do this, but that is probably true of the clamp on ones
unless you feel comfortable taking a razor knife to a live powercord
(which is very doable with the right shoes, gloves and steady hands. ;-)

-Jim P.

On Wed, 2005-06-29 at 16:57 -0400, Warren Myers wrote:
> Here's a link to such a beast on eBay:
> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=73163&item=7527266018&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW
> 
> Warren
> 
> On 6/29/05, William Bagwell <rb211 at tds.net> wrote:
>         On Wednesday 29 June 2005 03:34 pm, Sean Kilpatrick wrote:
>         > This is _relatively_ simple.
>         >
>         > You need an amp meter, which is not to be confused with a
>         volt/ohm
>         > meter (VOM). An amp meter hooks around the hot wire the way
>         a padlock 
>         > hooks around something. It will tell you how many amps each
>         box is
>         > sucking. Once you know the actual amp load the math is
>         simple.
>         
>         Actually, very simple but not cheap. "Clamp on" amp meter is
>         what 
>         electricians call them. Look for used or possibly an
>         import.... Also has to
>         be around only one wire, so a short heavy extension cord that
>         can be safely
>         split into separate (but still insulated!) wires comes in
>         handy. They can 
>         also be used in the breaker box if you know which breaker and
>         nothing else
>         on that circuit is running.
>         --
>         William
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