[lm-sensors] #2234: Can Lm-sensors calculate power use?

[Boyd Noorda]

Hi,

I'm quite surprised to find that the tickets are online on the web 
site, including E-mail addresses ...
This always leads to more spam, often within a day.
Could you please refrain from publishing E-mail addresses or construct 
an archive bots can't access?

Thanks,
Boyd Noorda

> #2234: Can Lm-sensors calculate power use?
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>   Reporter:  boyd2006 at sociamedia.nl  |       Owner:  khali             
>       Type:  enhancement             |      Status:  assigned          
>   Priority:  major                   |   Milestone:                    
>  Component:  hardware                |     Version:                   
> Resolution:                          |    Keywords:  CPU/HD power usage
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> ---- Changes (by khali):
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>  * cc: boyd2006 at sociamedia.nl (removed)
>   * owner:  somebody => khali
>   * status:  new => assigned
>   * reporter:  ticket => boyd2006 at sociamedia.nl
> 
> Comment:
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>  No, lm_sensors can't be used to compute power consumption. We'd need to
>  know how much current is drawn on every power line, but hardware
>  monitoring chips don't measure this value.
> 
>  I use an external device to measure how much power my systems consume.
>  It's named Voltcraft Energy Check 3000, google for it if interested.
>  You simply plug any device in it and it gives you the power
>  consumption, very handy. That won't necessarily be very practical for
>  production use though, as it is external to the system.
> 
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> Ticket URL: <http://lm-sensors.org/ticket/2234#comment:1>
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