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Non-Tech : Any info about Iomega (IOM)? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Ken Pomaranski who wrote (43937)	1/19/1998 2:54:00 PM
From: Teddy	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 58324

Ken, so now you are saying that you have no way of knowing whether Clik! uses too much power or not? Thank you for clearing that up.

To: Ken Pomaranski who wrote (43937)	1/19/1998 3:02:00 PM
From: Cogito	Respond to of 58324

>>The only statement they make is "consumes about the same as a minature Christmas light" (peak) This amounts to: P = (current) (voltage) P = ~1-2 watts, V = 3.3V current (estimated) peak is about 300-600ma. Standby, which is very important, is unknown.. I'd guess about 1 tenth of this.<< Ken - Iomega has said that the current prototypes of Clik! incorporate a "deep sleep" mode, indicating a standby voltage possible quite a bit less than 30-60ma. Your statements that the power consumption numbers on the web site are vague "because they are obiously having tons of problems with this," are not necessarily true. Perhaps the numbers are vague because the system is, after all, still in a prototype stage, and final numbers are not available. - Allen

To: Ken Pomaranski who wrote (43937)	1/19/1998 6:23:00 PM
From: Kansas George	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 58324

<<The only statement they make is "consumes about the same as a minature Christmas light" (peak) This amounts to: P = (current) (voltage) P = ~1-2 watts, V = 3.3V current (estimated) peak is about 300-600ma. Standby, which is very important, is unknown.. I'd guess about 1 tenth of this.>> Ken, Just went to my garage where my christmas ornaments are stacked in a pile waiting on me to store in the attic. A string of 100 minature lights are 48 watts, or .48 Watts each. With 1.2 volt dropped across each, current is .4 amp. What we need to know is the amount of power or VA stored in the AA battery which is what I assume they will use. Regardless, I don't think power will handicap sales.