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Mutt Daeng

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  1. I wonder why son-in-law Jared doesn't lend him some of the $2 billion he got from the Saudi's for services rendered. Surely Jared doesn't think that Honest Don won't pay it back.
  2. Argyles https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Duke of Argyle's
  3. I am now in a position to purchase a UPS (Most likely APC or Zircon). Thanks to all who took the trouble to respond to my post(s). Mods please close.
  4. TBH it's to protect me from the ever increasing number of brownouts and 1-5 second blackouts that i have experienced recently, so I don't really need a belt & braces solution, but I appreciate the advice. Thanks
  5. I've done a bit of research on the power meter plugs and measuring power on small AC devices. This is my source: https://brian-candler.medium.com/rediscovering-the-power-factor-9dbf4187c311 Power = Voltage x Current works for Direct Current (DC). But as it turns out, it doesn’t necessarily work for Alternating Current (AC). For AC, the real formula is: Power = Voltage x Current x Power Factor. So, with my PC, TV, USB Hub plugged into a 4 gang socket connected to the mains via the power meter plug: Voltage reading (fluctuating) = 222V Current Reading (Fluctuating) = 551mA Power Factor (Fluctuating) = 0.714 Power reading Fluctuating) = 88.04W Calculated power = V * A * PF = 87.34 W Only a difference of 0.7 watts between calculated power and the reading from the meter. That's good enough for me.
  6. Thanks for your reply @OneMoreFarang.
  7. Measuring a bulb of known wattage is exactly what I am going to do. Thanks for your help.
  8. I think the monitor can display voltage, current and power. That's a job for tomorrow as my degree of compos mentisness is currently disadvantaged by the number of Changs that I've swallowed so far today. Thanks for your assistance so far.
  9. I haven't bought a multimeter. This is what I bought. It plugs into the mains and my 4 gang power strip plugs into the universal socket shown in the image.
  10. I was expecting more than 100 watts. I contacted the shop where I bought all the components for the pc and they said I would need to have a UPS capable of supplying more than 650 watts (the psu I chose to install was 650 watts). I didn't think that was correct, so I bought the power meter plug to do some investigating of my own.
  11. I'm looking for advice/guidance/comments to determine the specification of a UPS to protect my (oldish) main desktop pc. It has an i5-7400 cpu, 1 M.2 SSD on the M/B, 1 sata3 SSD and 1 mechanical sata3 HDD. Intel UHD graphics on the cpu. O/S is Win 11 pro 64 bit. It has a 650 watt Thermaltake PSU. It connects to a 40inch Skyworth TV. I just bought a power meter plug from Lazada to see what power was being used. I plugged the PC , TV, external USB HDD and an 8 port USB hub into a 4-gang power strip, which was plugged into the mains via the power meter plug. I then played a video on the pc, started word, excel and outlook. The power meter showed that less than 100 watts was being used. Does this seem right?
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