Date   : Fri, 10 Mar 2006 19:51:38 +0100
From   : Annihilannic <annihilannic@...>
Subject: Re: Them pesky case stickers (was 1MHZ SCSI/ATA board.)

David Hunt wrote:
> The main fuse is 100A, the 12kW was calculated as the difference between the
> two bills the year before, same period (a guesstimate) - not sure what you
> mean by "power factor" are you talking about AC loading and instantaneous
> currents? As I took the reading from the meter, that's what I paid for, I'm
> not quite sure about the correlation between what I actually use and what I
> end up paying for. I knew it was a lot, I guess, when the breaker went on
> the circuit I was using, all I did was to distribute the servers to other
> circuits of the house, I have two separate circuits in my "computer room",
> the rest sat on the table downstairs. Kept the house warm, I think it was a
> very cold January!

Can you get a widget that goes between an appliance and the wall socket 
to measure its power consumption?  I have a multimeter, but am reluctant 
to go around measuring 240V AC currents in series by sticking wires into 
sockets or similar!  And I'm not sure how much a little digital 
multimeter can handle in series like that?

Mostly for curiosity and energy economy reasons...

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Annihilannic