DreamPlug: Idles 7-8 watts

I borrowed the a Kill-A-Watt device from the local library and plugged the DreamPlug into it.

Here are my unscientific observations.

• idle with no devices except a NIC, wifi, bluetooth: 7 to 8 watts


• idle with no devices except a NIC: 7 to 8 watts -- that was unexpected


• CPU at ~80% scp'ing a large file to internal disk: 9 watts


• CPU at ~80% scp'ing a large file to external, powered eSATA disk: 9 watts


• idle with external unpowered 320G 'laptop' USB disk: 11 watts

Powertop didn't have much in the way of suggestions that affected power.