What is the power consumption? I do see the 115W rating but does this mean that while having it connected it will constantly be sucking up 115W ?
470323
No. It means the maximum load you can connect to the outlet on the base unit is 10 Amps (115 watts). The total power draw will depend on the loads (appliances, lamps, etc) that you have plugged into the outlet on the unit. When turned off, the base unit itself will likely draw only negligible power from the AC outlet. The whole point of this gizmo is to cut off the power draw from appliances such as TVs, VCRs or DVD players which constantly draw "standby power", even when you think they're turned off, as long as they're plugged in. This remote switch will essentially "unplug" anything connected to it when you press the remote, so there's no more "standby power" being drawn constantly.
2100554
I don't know about the total power consumption-it uses our regular 120v outlet in our bathroom. Have not noticed any increase in the electric bill...
2281945
The power supply that I'm using is 400W on a Gateway system. Seems to perform pretty well and I've had no problems so far.
1701205
It's an amp, it's connected to 120. Consumes 260 on max use. And provides u 150x7w. Makes sense to me ;)
55315
Power to the monitor from the power supply is 19VDC. I've tested it down to 11.5VDC, it seems to work fine. Power consumption is about 20W average, but significantly more than that during startup, and 0.1W on standby.
1638578
On mine with 450watts it is showing about 22% usage, if linear them 1200 should show about @66%. I don't know if linear, personally I'd opt for a larger unit.
2228315
I've been running one for about a year now, no problems except I was using the load output to control some outside lighting (on at dusk, off at dawn) and it seemed to get confused and was turning the lights on and off randomly. I disconnected it and let it sit for a day and then reconnected it and it has been working correctly since. I am running a 100 WATT 12V panel into it, are you staying within the maximum input power and voltage levels (12v/260W or 24v/520W) specified?
1933805
Power consumption 310W / 3.0A Standard plughttp://www.sunpentown.com/sd30pidewien1.html
1211731
In terms of the wattage, I would definetely recommend going higher than the rated requirement by around 1.5x (so technically 2250W+ if available). The ratings are never an exact number (or for constant pull of power-just a peak output) and even if they were it would be running right to the edge of its potential in your case, which would not likely end well.
1255454
I will agree with you, the rating seems low. I have them operating on 70 volt lines and am running it to 25 watts without any trouble. I'm sure it can go more. Remember, that 50 watts could be 5 amps...+_ depending on output voltage and load impedance
1291523
my system has a 350W power supply..does that mean i am ok getting this card? or do i need a separate 300w supply? sorry i am new to this... any insight would be appreciated... thanks
1638582
It depends how you use the computer. If you often use more than 900W for gaming or processing then I recommend your UPS exceeds what you use. If you use it for surfing the internet or word processing then you're probably using less than 400W and it'll do fine. You can download meters that show your power usage if you feel like you might approach 900W regularly.
2212072
I think the question was... will this unit use 44 watts of power no matter the load? ie... will this unit still consume 44 wats if you only have a 5 watt load...My best guess is it will only use what it delivers to the load plus some wasted power in the 120 to 12 volt conversion process as there are no 100% efficient methods of conversion.
561879
So the actual power is only 200W, not 300W. Your guys just cheating us on this listing!!!
290845
It is rated for 300W max. or 150W continuous. If you only use it for a few minutes, it should be fine.
895690
I just emailed the company tonight, I was wondering the same... "draws 45 watts" :-)
579522
It depends on how much of that 510watts you're using according to cyberpower you have10.4 Minutes when using 210 Watts, and 2.15 Minutes when using 425 Watts and probably 1min or less if you're under max loadThe power went off at my house recently for a couple minutes and before i could shutdown my htpc the power came back and my htpc never shut offMind you my htpc is using a 600watt power supply but computers don't use the full wattage, especially if it's idle