Re: [Swprograms] Answer (Re: Power consumption of WiFi Internet radio tuners?)

[<josephbuch@xxxxxxxxx>]

The term Watts per hour is a nonsequitur as Mr. Spock used to say.  A device consumes Watts.  How many Watts is a function of the design and the volume level you play the radio.  If a device that consumes 1 Watt is on for an hour, it consumes a Watt-hour of electricity.  If the cost of electricity is $.10 per kilowatt hour, the cost of operating your radio for an hour will be 15/1000 x 0.10 = $0.0015.  You have bigger things to worry about.

 

Joe

Kevin Anderson <k9iua@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

In answering my own question, I contacted the sales department
of Tangent Audio (home based in Denmark), the manufacturers of
the Tangent Quattro, one of the Reciva-powered internet audio
["radio"] appliances on the market. They in turn contacted
their technical department and got me an answer:

Depending on what normal listening volume is, from 12 to 15
watts/hour.

About what I was expecting. More than a radio, but certainly
less than a laptop and far less than a common desktop computer.
Obviously not counted in this is the power consumption of the
cable or dsl modem, plus wireless router/access point, needed
minimally to use a wireless internet audio appliance such as the
Tangent Quattro in one's home.

Power consumption may not matter to most people, but it does to
me.

Kevin Anderson

--- Kevin Anderson wrote:

> I been checking webpages and manuals online for the various
> WiFi
> radio tuners, such as the Acoustic Energy and Tangent Quattro,
> hoping to get an idea what their power consumption is like.
> So
> far no luck in finding that type of information.
>
> Those of you who have seen these in person, do you recall what
> the power transformer was rated for? Have you seen any power
> consumption figures?
>
> I ask because one of my pros for radio receivers in general is
> their low power consumption compared to other devices such as
> television and computers. One of my reluctances for leaving
> computers on when they are not being used has also been, in
> part, because of power consumption and not wanting to waste
> this
> energy (and pay the bill) for idle use. I doubt an Internet
> radio appliance will consume as much electricity as an actual
> desktop computer, but nonetheless is probably not trivial
> either
> as these are nonetheless computers, albeit specialized ones.
>
> Just curious,
> Kevin Anderson
>
>
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