Date:         Sun, 17 Nov 2002 12:53:45 -0700
Reply-To:     Bill N <freeholder@STARBAND.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Bill N <freeholder@STARBAND.NET>
Subject:      Re: Laptop Power Consumption?
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Nope, watts is volts times amps.  Resistance is not the same as watts.  So, 16 volts X 2.6 amps
is 41.6 watts, and 12 volts X 3.5 amps is 42 watts.  That's the power consumption, not the
total.

Bill

----- Original Message -----
From: "Billy" <billybaker@SHAW.CA>
>
> Your Voltage is 12 volts
> Your Current is 3.5 Amps
>
> What you need to know is Watts, which BTW is how we Canadians measure power
> consumption.  So we pull out Ohms Law which states R = V/I   (V= Volts, I=
> Current, R= Resistance).  Resistance is the same as Watts in this case.
>
> So...
> 12 / 3.5 =  3.429 Watts
> 16 / 2.6 = 6.154 Watts
>
>
> > On the bottom of the Laptop ... the power requirment is listed as 16
> > Volts / 2.6 amps
> >
> > On the bottom of the 12 Volt to 16 Volt Laptop Power Converter the power
> > requirment  is listed as 12 volts / 3.5 amps
> >
> > Am I correct in assuming that the Total Power Consumption for the Laptop
> > and Converter is 3.5 amps?
> >
> > I don't believe it could possible be the total of the two which would be
> > 6.1?
> >
> > Larry Chase