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Re: IFI Operator Interface Power Consumption

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Originally Posted by RyanN View Post
I'm at robotics right now and just checked it on our 08' controller. It was pulling 1/20th of an AMP (0.05) average. I'm sure it could fluctuate a little depending on how many potentiometers and LED's you have attached, but not that much.
Is that on the AC side, or the output of the power supply? I'm assuming it's probably the input, so that would be 6W input. If we assume 50% efficiency (no idea how accurate that is), you'd have 330ma 9vdc.

Last edited by Joe Ross : 17-06-2008 at 12:35. Reason: fixed voltage