how to determine PSU wattage

[E.S. Rosenberg]

2013/8/1 Oleg Goldshmidt <pub at goldshmidt.org>:
> shimi <linux-il at shimi.net> writes:
>
>> Assuming you can indeed measure the consumption of ALL the components
>> on your computer (which I believe you cannot) - you still need to
>> account for energy being converted to plain heat inside the PSU
>> itself. This can easily get to 20% or even more on lousy PSUs.
>
> As I mentioned, I was onlyinterested in the Watts for which the PSU was
> rated, nominally. I solved the problem by powering the box off, popping
> it open, and looking around. I was hoping for some vendor info (a
> googlable make+model?)  accessible by management software, but I guess
> there isn't.
Unless your power wires were taped to the side of your case you could
have just left the machine on, generally the PSU sticker is facing you
when you open the case....
>
> Thanks, problem solved.
>
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