Mini Box Power Drain

Which mini box do you have? The stats for the DMS2004UHDS show a usage of 5V @ 1.5amps, which equates to 7.5watts, which is a little bit more then a night light, or a little less then a AA battery. Thats only the DC output, not sure how to calculate the AC input to see what the AC>DC waste is. Anyone here a better electrician then I? 

http://www.evolutionbb.com/cable/Universal-HD-DTA/subpage495.html

Health Edge said:
Which mini box do you have?

Evolution Model # DMS2344UHDS

The best way to figure out the power consumption is to measure it with a meter.

Kill-A-Watt
http://www.p3international.com/products/p4400.html

My mini box runs hot compared with my roku streaming player. That device uses very little power.

How green are the devices that stream Netflix & Hulu?
http://gigaom.com/2011/08/08/energy-consumption-of-connected-devices/

Thanks for reply.

Which mini-box?

The Cisco DTA250HD uses 5.27w when on, and 5.24w when "off." Energy Star calculates YEARLY power as 46.06kw.

Health Edge said:

Which mini box do you have? The stats for the DMS2004UHDS show a usage of 5V @ 1.5amps, which equates to 7.5watts, which is a little bit more then a night light, or a little less then a AA battery. Thats only the DC output, not sure how to calculate the AC input to see what the AC>DC waste is. Anyone here a better electrician then I? 

http://www.evolutionbb.com/cable/Universal-HD-DTA/subpage495.html

You are confusing the U.L rated input power with the actual used input power. Where did you get those numbers? If it's off of a device, they are UL rated numbers. Energy Star measured the functionally identical DMS2004UHD at 6.3w on, and 5.5w when off.

I found the test results on the energystar.gov site.

Model Number: DMS2344UHDS
Auto-power Down Available: No
Deep Sleep State Available: No
Test Results On Mode Power: 6.32 Watts
Test Results Sleep Mode Power: 6.31 Watts
Total Energy Consumption: 55 kWh/yr

Energy Star, Search: DMS2344UHDS
http://www.energystar.gov/

Average Price of Electricity: $0.089/kWh (Louisiana)
Total Price for Mini Box: $4.90/yr

Price of Electricity In Your State
http://www.npr.org/sections/money/2011/10/27/141766341/the-price-of-electricity-in-your-state

My mini box uses 3 times the power of my roku streaming player.

Thanks for replies.

they pawned the evolution mini boxes off on me at first & they ran HOT! fischer price (which could have done a better production job) would not have been allowed to operate that hot.

i have noticed that my cisco boxes are not nearly as hot.

i do resent having 2 (TWO) things draining power at the same time instead of one and right when out electricity bills are going up! (4 tiers to two in a year) so it's going to be hard to tell how much of a drain they are.