OT: - PC PSU's

worth getting one of them usb to ide/sata dongle thingys. Great for transferring old drives across or ones you get given to fix..

I knew there would be something out there.. I'll get one now I know what I'm asking for :-)

Lee D

On or around Sat, 26 Jan 2008 19:13:32 +0000, Tom Woods enlightened us thusly:

yeah, must get some of them. would come in handy.

I've had a couple, the best one was "borrowed" by a wealthy friend...

I'm not too confident in the current model as it now insists the voltage is 278V and there's 11W consumption with nothing plugged in, so I'd ask for recommendations for an reliable one.

AJH

My maplins £15 one seem to work well. Says ive got 240.1V (im sure that some days it says 239) and 0W usage with nowt plugged in.

The one that Machine Mart sell has had decent comments made about it in =

the past. (=A319.96 inc). Try google groups uk.d-i-y?

t-meter

I saw a B&Q brand one in B&Q the other day for

Yes but for normal use I'd want a proper keyboard, at least a 17" display and my proper track ball to work with it...

Mine says 230 V at the moment, its been tapped to the new European standard by the look of it - you're doing well if your supply is stable to 1V - are you close to a substation ?

Steve

I have the maplins one which is now £9.99:

does the job perfectly as far as i can tell (11w energy saving light bulbs actually pull 11w so its accurate!)

have just checked it again and watched it go from 241.1 up to 242.6 and then back down again and now its moving about! - so im not that stable. Always has been when ive looked at it before though!

the sun has just come out so perhaps thats thrown it off! ;)

That's identical to the one I posted was not accurate! model MU AJH

On or around Sun, 27 Jan 2008 17:35:52 +0000, andrew heggie enlightened us thusly:

I've ordered a couple, will see what they come up with on known loads and report back.

"Austin Shackles" wrote in message news: snipped-for-privacy@4ax.com...

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The spec sheet at Maplins says only 2% accuracy.

Traditionally that's at 'FSD' which in this case is 3750 Watts, so anything within 70 Watts would be within spec.

'Typical' is 'within 0.5%', which means that if it shows anything within 15 Watts of reality you've got a good one...

Measurement equipment spec sheets say exactly what they mean, but you've got to be able to understand what they're saying.

LCD is faded on mine now. Since this discussion I've had it on this pc and it looks like it's recorded 3.10kWhr in 24.

AJH

Well that's a good start.

have just tested a few lights with it.

11w rated energy saving bulb is pulling 9w and a desk lamp with a 20w rated bulb is pulling 21w - so it seems fairly accurate.

Do you have the reciept for the bulb.........? ;-)

Nice that you can get so much light with so little consumption. Shame most of these timer units for lights seem to be incompatible as that could save even more. Apart from the staircase I'd have PIR's throughout the house, then I could afford an extra RR, seem to spend my trips from upstairs and downstairs constantly switching off lights.

Lee D

I'd love PIR's on all my lights. I wonder why nobody has made one that fits in normal bayonet light fittings between bulb and socket...

Start making the kids pay the leccy bill out of their pocket money and they will start turning everything off! ;) I started reading my leccy meter everyday to see how much i was using and seeing exactly what it was costing me. Didnt take me long to start turning lights and plugs off!

They exist. The trouble is, you have to keep dancing about to stop the lights going out !

Steve