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Originally Posted by Somnium
Does anyone know how much power their system uses per hr of imaging ? i assume many of you run off batteries, i am looking to put in an off the grid solar, battery, wind, generator (and probably geothermal by the time i am done with it) and am keen to get an idea of roughly how much ppl use. my thoughts are that the computer is really the primary concern but what % of the power gets used, i am assuming around 200w give or take. other instruments i am running are a microline FLI, a PMX and dew heater. when i run the calcs they dont seem to add up to much. so keen to get the collective wisdom. how much power do you use? or what battery do you use and how long does it last.
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If you'd like to know more exactly, there's always an AC power / energy meter you could use to measure the power being used. Of course you'd need to plug it all in to AC with their respective plug packs to get an idea. Out of interest, I have one of these on my desktop .. drawing 285 W, with 2 screens, desktop PC + audio amplifier @idle.
https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Power-Me...4AAOSw~g1Z3pgJ
Either that or delve through all the specs for your gear. You could even use your laptop's
Indicated battery run-time when fully charged (or better yet test it to FLAT), together with the battery energy storage (usually printed on the battery) to calculate the power used by the laptop.
Best
JA