On Wed, May 31, 2000 at 09:53:17PM +0200, Thomas Michael Wanka wrote:
> I think Wolfgang referred to the current consumed by the powersupply, not 
> the hardware. AFAIK a 230W powersupply will consume 150W (according to 
> Wolfgang, I have no data right now) and while giving just 20-30W to the 
> hardware (mobo, HD, etc.) the rest is transferred to heat. So in powersaving 
> mode there is just more energy transferred to heat than in full action. From 
> what I was told by manufacturers of powersupplies you needed to measure 
> the output of a PS to the system in order to regulate the overall consumption 
> of the PS. So Wolfgangs statement that the powersaving mode will not result in 
> a lower electricity bill seems to be right.

This is getting more and more off-topic, but.. why would a switching mode
power supply work like that?  It just makes no sense.

I can measure the power consumption with different loads, but I don't
want to take this that far.. :-)

  -jm