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My ES40 (4 x 667MHz 21264s) consumes 16A @ 110V. Most 110V US circuits are 10A. I blew at least three fuses between that and the RX5670 (4 x Itanium), which c

My ES40 (4 x 667MHz 21264s) consumes 16A @ 110V. Most 110V US circuits are 10A. I blew at least three fuses between that and the RX5670 (4 x Itanium), which consumed a similar amount of power @ 110V.

krylon 10y ago
On the upside, depending on where you live, you probably save a lot of money on heating... ;-)
- mtanski 10y ago
  Is there a EnergyGuide heating furnace efficiency score for the ES40?
  - lfowles 10y ago
    Resistance heating is pretty poor compared to heat pumps.
    - mtanski 10y ago
      That's the joke that I was trying to make.
      - krylon 10y ago
        I think I remember reading or overhearing that Intel's chips somewhere in the Pentium 4 era were more efficient at converting electricity to heat than a typical hotplate. (Ratio-wise, at least.)
ams6110 10y ago
Household circuits are generally 15A or 20A AFAIK. Never seen one as low as 10.
- trentnelson 10y ago
  Hmmm. Maybe it was 15A. A 16A ES40 plus other stuff plugged in to the same circuit would have happily blown 15A under load, I guess.