Efficient Power Supply Contest

Posted by Hemos on Thursday June 17, 2004 @07:10AM from the energy-star-compliance++ dept.

A reader writes: "In the June (paper) issue of Scientific American, there is a mini-article descibing the energy being wasted by power supplies in computers. Those things are only 60-70% efficient in converting line-voltage AC to low-voltage DC, and there are so many millions of them out there that a modest efficiency increase could trim $1billion or more from the annual energy costs of the USA. Well, various governmental agencies are seeking to get improved power-supply efficiency into the marketplace. The central "clearinghouse" site is at efficientpowersupplies.org, and details of their contest are in this PDF."

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don't do it by Oo.et.oO · 2004-06-17 07:19 · Score: 0, Offtopic

i have something to say on that:
"don't do it"

simple enough. they are still converting even though it's more efficient than normal since there is smaller load.
link no workie by Oo.et.oO · 2004-06-17 07:29 · Score: 0, Offtopic

link no workie,
can't find references to the article