I was curious about the amount of power that my computer equipment used; so,
I picked up one of those Kill-A-Watt meters that Mark R. mentioned.  I was
interested in getting a better sense of just how much power supply capacity
was really necessary, and I wondered how much I was paying the power company
for my computer usage. I wrote up the results, which can be found at the
following link.  (I did this about a year ago, and I haven't updated it with 
information on my latest hardware, yet.)

http://preview.tinyurl.com/33syr9

I didn't have a 19" LCD to test at the time, but I gathered that they draw 
about 35 watts of power when in use.  I assume that they use only 1 or 2 
watts when they power down into sleep mode.

John Sproule

-----Original Message Below-----

Date:    Tue, 26 Feb 2008 00:08:54 -0800
From:    Chilangisha B Changwe <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Power consumption

How much power does a standard desktop consume? What about a 19' LCD
monitor? Is there a difference when it goes in sleep mode?
--=20
  Chilangisha B Changwe
  [log in to unmask]

                  Visit our website regularly for FAQs,
               articles, how-to's, tech tips and much more
                          http://freepctech.com