OT question for electronics wizards

From: Daniel T. Burrows <dburrows_at_netpath.net>
Date: Mon Dec 21 21:03:53 1998

>Okay. Let's try again. When it says it wants 7 amps at 115, does it
ALWAYS
>want 7 amps at 115volts? or only when the computer it's driving really
wants
>all 300 watts it can put out?
>
It would have to be an awfully inefficient switched to draw 7 amps at full
load.(300w). I would guess that there is a second NEMA connector to plug a
monitor into. The load of that AND the PC at full loading(spinning up HD's
etc.) might add up to 7 amps _at_ 115v
Dan
Received on Mon Dec 21 1998 - 21:03:53 GMT