Powering Computers

Question

How much electricity is required to power twenty average computers on a LAN?

Answer 1

Well, an average office computer burns between 120-250 watts of energy at any given time, the LCD 80-150 watts. Multiply by 20 and you get 4Kw to 8Kw. Given the average 120v 20a circuit and you'll really need 3 circuits to cover all of that plus incidentals. 240v allows more overhead, you could probably get away with 2 circuits.

Answer 2

Many Asset management products will report on the hardware in use. You can use a KilloWatt device that measures power consumption, to assess how much each different model eats in terms of power.

Then you can build profiles for each hardware configuration, and report on them, to then multiply by your calculated power usage.

Answer 3

There is no way to figure this without knowing what the computers are.....

If you give us the computer I guess its possible to tell you.

Answer 4

Typical office computers use anywhere between 50 and 150 watts depending on specification when doing normal office type work. Don't forget to include the displays too.