[Asterisk-Users] ultra-cheap asterisk box

[woody+asterisk at solutionsfirst.com.au]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: asterisk-users-admin at lists.digium.com 
> [mailto:asterisk-users-admin at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of 
> Chris Albertson
> Sent: Friday, 16 January 2004 4:32
> To: asterisk-users at lists.digium.com
> Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] ultra-cheap asterisk box
> 

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> What I'm finding is that the PCs are so cheap that the cost of
> electric power to run them is now a large part of the cost.
> (assume 0.20/kwh times 200W times 365 days = $350.  So you
> pay for the PC again every year in electric power to run it.
> Worse.  In an office with airconditioning _all_ of that PC's
> 200W goes to heat and your A/C unit will use about 220W of
> power to remove that 200W of heat.)
> and at a small office they will not have a server room so noise
> from the fan is an issue.

Are you sure the computer uses all the Power all the time?
I would have thought that 200W was the peak, not the average.

I guess the only way to measure it is to watch your home's power meter after
you've turned off everything else :-)

Cheers,
Woody