Can anyone tell me how much power my first generation emac (the 700mhz cdrom model) uses when sleeping? I leave it on all the time and most of the time it's sleeping, but I don't know how much power I'm saving. Is it down to 5 watts or less? How about when it's off? How about when it's up and running? It's totally stock, except the memory has been upgraded to 2 256mb ram chips and the kb (macally) and mouse (Apple pro mouse) are not stock I can't seem to find the information on the apple website.
Thanks,
Chris
In article 3as1q3pcb9e0gfetfc1o7q4d1nsa04imlt@redacted.invalid, Chris christo9@redacted.invalid wrote:
Can anyone tell me how much power my first generation emac (the 700mhz cdrom model) uses when sleeping?
No, but it's easy enough for you to find out:
http://www.thinkgeek.com/homeoffice/gear/7657/
In article 3as1q3pcb9e0gfetfc1o7q4d1nsa04imlt@redacted.invalid, Chris christo9@redacted.invalid wrote:
Can anyone tell me how much power my first generation emac (the 700mhz cdrom model) uses when sleeping? I leave it on all the time and most of the time it's sleeping, but I don't know how much power I'm saving. Is it down to 5 watts or less? How about when it's off? How about when it's up and running? It's totally stock, except the memory has been upgraded to 2 256mb ram chips and the kb (macally) and mouse (Apple pro mouse) are not stock I can't seem to find the information on the apple website.
Apparently is 6W while sleeping.
http://tingilinde.typepad.com/starstuff/2004/03/pc_energy_use.html
I think Apple documents as high as 170 under load, although that might have been for a different model.
In article 3as1q3pcb9e0gfetfc1o7q4d1nsa04imlt@redacted.invalid, Chris christo9@redacted.invalid wrote:
Can anyone tell me how much power my first generation emac (the 700mhz cdrom model) uses when sleeping?
No.
I leave it on all the time and most of the time it's sleeping, but I don't know how much power I'm saving.
You'd need a meter. be sure and comapre OFF and sleep. Chances are there is little, if any difference. OFF might even draw more power (I know it did on some A/V thingy I had).
(Apple pro mouse) are not stock I can't seem to find the information on the apple website.
No, and there's no way it could be there, either.
In article uce-94EE48.18113530012008@redacted.invalid, Gregory Weston uce@redacted.invalid wrote:
Apparently is 6W while sleeping.
These numbers vary quite a bit for difference users/installations/power companies/phases of the moon.
Also, none of them listed the watt draw when OFF.
In article 3as1q3pcb9e0gfetfc1o7q4d1nsa04imlt@redacted.invalid, Chris christo9@redacted.invalid wrote:
Can anyone tell me how much power my first generation emac (the 700mhz cdrom model) uses when sleeping? I leave it on all the time and most of the time it's sleeping, but I don't know how much power I'm saving. Is it down to 5 watts or less? How about when it's off? How about when it's up and running? It's totally stock, except the memory has been upgraded to 2 256mb ram chips and the kb (macally) and mouse (Apple pro mouse) are not stock I can't seem to find the information on the apple website.
I've measured this on a number of models but not an eMac.
For a plain ole G3 iMac the numbers are:
Peak 119 W Nominal 93 W Standby 37 W Off 2 W
Maybe Friday I'll try checking some newer models, including eMacs.
Clark Martin cmnews@redacted.invalid wrote:
In article 3as1q3pcb9e0gfetfc1o7q4d1nsa04imlt@redacted.invalid, Chris christo9@redacted.invalid wrote:
Can anyone tell me how much power my first generation emac (the 700mhz cdrom model) uses when sleeping? I leave it on all the time and most of the time it's sleeping, but I don't know how much power I'm saving. Is it down to 5 watts or less? How about when it's off? How about when it's up and running? It's totally stock, except the memory has been upgraded to 2 256mb ram chips and the kb (macally) and mouse (Apple pro mouse) are not stock I can't seem to find the information on the apple website.
I've measured this on a number of models but not an eMac.
For a plain ole G3 iMac the numbers are:
Peak 119 W Nominal 93 W Standby 37 W Off 2 W
Maybe Friday I'll try checking some newer models, including eMacs.
It would be good to see data for some more recent models. I don't think that Standby figure is representative of later models, which have much more efficient deep sleep modes than the early iMac G3.
In article 1iblijs.lidw8r1xeuwynN%dempson@redacted.invalid, dempson@redacted.invalid (David Empson) wrote:
Clark Martin cmnews@redacted.invalid wrote:
In article 3as1q3pcb9e0gfetfc1o7q4d1nsa04imlt@redacted.invalid, Chris christo9@redacted.invalid wrote:
Can anyone tell me how much power my first generation emac (the 700mhz cdrom model) uses when sleeping? I leave it on all the time and most of the time it's sleeping, but I don't know how much power I'm saving. Is it down to 5 watts or less? How about when it's off? How about when it's up and running? It's totally stock, except the memory has been upgraded to 2 256mb ram chips and the kb (macally) and mouse (Apple pro mouse) are not stock I can't seem to find the information on the apple website.
I've measured this on a number of models but not an eMac.
For a plain ole G3 iMac the numbers are:
Peak 119 W Nominal 93 W Standby 37 W Off 2 W
Maybe Friday I'll try checking some newer models, including eMacs.
It would be good to see data for some more recent models. I don't think that Standby figure is representative of later models, which have much more efficient deep sleep modes than the early iMac G3.
You are quite correct. I checked an eMac and an intel iMac. I'm going from memory but in sleep the eMac draws about 8 W and the intel iMac draws 2W (same power draw as when it's off).