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From: gillies@m.cs.uiuc.edu (Don Gillies)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Leaving Mac On
Message-ID: <1991Feb13.034308.21139@m.cs.uiuc.edu>
Date: 13 Feb 91 03:43:08 GMT
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A Mac SE/030 takes about 60 watts of power (average, turned on).
A color Mac II takes about 120 watts of power (average, turned on).

These quantities were derived by measuring average DC current through
a full-wave bridge on an ohmmeter, then naively multiplying by 120v.

Do you leave light bulbs on 24 hours a day like this?  That's 1.5 - 3
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