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[Dustin Kirkland <dustin.kirkland@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 7:04 AM, Guilherme Salgado <salgado@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Does anybody know what's the power usage of our chumbys when in night
> mode?  I'm sure it must be low, but if you leave it always on it might
> become considerable.  FWIW, it sits at 36% CPU usage when in that mode,
> which is about the same it uses when in normal mode.

I tested it with a watt-meter.

It seems to peak at about 4.5W when in usage (stream music, pictures,
headlines, weather), and drop to about 3.3W when in night mode.

:-Dustin