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? > -------------------------------------+---------------------------------- > ---- > Reporter: boyd2006 at sociamedia.nl | Owner: khali > Type: enhancement | Status: assigned > Priority: major | Milestone: > Component: hardware | Version: > Resolution: | Keywords: CPU/HD power usage > -------------------------------------+---------------------------------- > ---- Changes (by khali): > > * cc: boyd2006 at sociamedia.nl (removed) > * owner: somebody => khali > * status: new => assigned > * reporter: ticket => boyd2006 at sociamedia.nl > > Comment: > > 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. > > -- > Ticket URL: <http://lm-sensors.org/ticket/2234#comment:1> > lm-sensors <http://lm-sensors.org/> > Linux hardware monitoring
