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Also, I'm concerned about the idea of it taking power even while everything in the house is off. Is there a page somewhere that addresses the power usage concer
by jlongster 14y ago
Also, I'm concerned about the idea of it taking power even while everything in the house is off. Is there a page somewhere that addresses the power usage concern?
- alanh 14y agoI tested a preview unit. It was something like 0.3 watts, if I recall correctly.
- ldayley 14y agoPerhaps if they added integrated batteries that only initiated a power draw to charge when they reached a specific level they wouldn't need to draw power from the grid constantly. Expensive way to solve the problem though, perhaps.
- asmithmd1 14y agoThat would use more power because of losses in charging the batteries and standby loss in the battery themselves. They could optimize for lower power. 0.3W seems pretty high, I would bet they could reduce that by a factor of 10 if they tried
- joezydeco 14y agoCan you still send 802.11b/g/n with 0.03W power consumption?
- asmithmd1 14y agoThese guys are doing it using just 0.00015W http://supermechanical.tumblr.com/post/25189115532/its-all-on-the-internet-now http://supermechanical.tumblr.com/post/25189115532/its-all-o... Of course it depends on how often you "call home" to check for any information. What might be acceptable for monitoring temperature would not work for a switch when you expect immediate response.
- alanh 14y agoIt might have been 0.03W. I’ll need to check again… It was either 0.3 or 0.03.