Re: Ultra 5 + Aurora Linux = WooHoo?

Andy Osborne <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.linux.aurora.user
Message-ID <[email protected]>
venn wrote:
> With only a 200w power supply it does not really jack up the power bill. I would think ours uses a bit more juice than most since I threw a U10 440mhz CPU in it. To be honest I did not notice any "jump" in my power bill.  
> 
> On Wed, 31 Jan 2007 17:19:23 +0100, Joacim Melin <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
>>Allright. Thanks all for your feedback!
>>
>>Does anyone have any opinions on power consumption, how hot it runs,
>>etc?
>>I also have an Ultra 1 but I hesitated a bit over using it 24/7 at
>>home because it eats up power like popcorn...

Well, just out of curiosity I put a clamp ammeter on my Ultra 5
and on my Ultra 2 (dual 168 Ultra 1). Ultra 5 pulls about 200mA so
on UK 240v mains we'll call that about 50 watts.  For comparison the
Ultra 2 was around 600mA so call that 150 watts.

HTH,

Andy
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