DVDRW Samsung SH-202H idle power consumption findings

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DVDRW Samsung SH-202H idle power consumption findings

Post by Shemale » Tue Feb 19, 2008 2:33 am

My Philips DVDR1660P died (problem recognizing disks), and i replaced with a Samsung SH-202H .
I was curious about power consumption at idle, and using a multimeter obtained these results:

Philips DVDR1660P : on 5V 0.46A ; on 12V 0.7mA
Samsung SH-202H : on 5V 0.8mA ; on 12V 0.2mA

So the Philips consume 2.3W and Samsung 0.0064W , it's a very big difference.
Some time ago i have a Ricoh MP5240A and a Toshiba DVD (don't know the model, player only, reading at 16X), and i remember the power consumption was between 1W and 2W.

Don't know about power consumption at idle of newer model from other manufacturers, but seems that Samsung is one step ahead. :wink:
BTW, on the label of the drive say Toshiba-Samsung :shock:

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Post by jhhoffma » Tue Feb 19, 2008 8:23 am

Uhh, you may want to check your math. I see where you get 2.3W (thought you should check your units, is it A or mA) on the Philips, but the .0064W is a little out of whack.

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Post by drees » Tue Feb 19, 2008 5:11 pm

5V * 0.46A = 2.3w
12V * 0.007A = 0.08w
Total = ~2.4w

5V * 0.008A = 0.04w
12V * 0.002A = 0.024w
Total = ~0.06w

He's only off by a factor of 10 with the Samsung measurement, but either way, it's significantly better than the Philips drive, power draw is just about negligible. :)

Edit: These numbers are wrong, too!
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Post by jhhoffma » Tue Feb 19, 2008 7:20 pm

Actually, he's off by a factor of 100 for three of those measurements from what I can see. The .46A is the only one that makes sense to me.

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Post by drees » Tue Feb 19, 2008 10:48 pm

jhhoffma wrote:Actually, he's off by a factor of 100 for three of those measurements from what I can see. The .46A is the only one that makes sense to me.
So you think his measurements should be this?

Philips DVDR1660P : on 5V 0.46A ; on 12V 0.07A
Samsung SH-202H : on 5V 0.08A ; on 12V 0.02A

I actually converted his numbers incorrectly previously, I'm off by a factor of 10, hah!

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Post by Shemale » Wed Feb 20, 2008 1:41 am

drees wrote:5V * 0.46A = 2.3w
12V * 0.007A = 0.08w
Total = ~2.4w

5V * 0.008A = 0.04w
12V * 0.002A = 0.024w
Total = ~0.06w
So, here 1A=100mA ? :lol:

drees wrote:Philips DVDR1660P : on 5V 0.46A ; on 12V 0.07A
Samsung SH-202H : on 5V 0.08A ; on 12V 0.02A
So, here 1A=10mA ? :lol:

I think 1A=1000mA.

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Post by drees » Wed Feb 20, 2008 2:35 am

Shemale wrote:I think 1A=1000mA.
I know. I made a mistake in my first post. My 2nd post was an attempt to guess what jhhoffma thinks the numbers should be since he's keepng them to himself.

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Post by jhhoffma » Wed Feb 20, 2008 6:20 am

I was mistaken thinking that this was total power draw, not idle. This is what the results should be for a modern drive (result of a whitepaper by Intel).
Image
From this you can see that idle power is pretty much zero, and continuous read draw is around 2.5W.

Regarding the .46A, what I meant was why is this one in amps and the rest are milliamps?

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Post by Shemale » Wed Feb 20, 2008 9:20 am

Sooooory, i made a mistake, for 5V measurement for Samsung i forgot to change the connection for proper scale on multimeter. :oops:
200mA and 20A scale have different connection on multimeter. :oops:

The value for 5V on Samsung drive is 83.8mA :oops: Image
I remeasure the consumption and obtain approx. the same values for other measurements.
Philips on 5v: Image
Philips on 12V: Image
Samsung on 12V: Image

So, the difference is not so big, but it is 1,937W


I think the whitepaper from Intel contains values from a laptop drive, after a few spin-up with Samsung drive i measure a maximum of 1.06A on 12V line, but i considered the measurement invalid because the multimeter is not able to measure a peak value, a few second of constant drain is required for proper measurement.

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Post by jhhoffma » Wed Feb 20, 2008 9:56 am

Shemale wrote:I think the whitepaper from Intel contains values from a laptop drive, after a few spin-up with Samsung drive i measure a maximum of 1.06A on 12V line, but i considered the measurement invalid because the multimeter is not able to measure a peak value, a few second of constant drain is required for proper measurement.
You would be correct, but the values would still be in the same ballpark, but maybe a bit higher.

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