Power factor, UPS, computer

[cl]

My quad core Intel based desktop machine with 2.5Tb of disk consumes just 40 watts.

[Bob Eager]

Similar spec here, similar consumption.

[Uncle Peter]

I like raw power :-)

[Bob Eager]

You snipped the bit where I said they were servers.

[Uncle Peter]

Servers can do interesting things too.

[Andrew Gabriel]

I used to have a blog entry on blogs.sun.com explaining the difference in low power factor between phase shift (capacitor/inductor), phase control (light dimmer), and switched mode PSU.

Sadly, Oracle killed the blog when they acquired Sun as it wasn't 100% business related, but I still have an early non-blog version of the article at:

In order to see and use the demos, you will need java enabled in your browser.

[John Rumm]

IIRC we pinched a couple of still from those for the wiki ;-)

[Adam Funk]

Nice work!