Measure energy consumption

[MPREv]

Hi,

Is there a way to measure the energy consumption of the devices within my Notebook?
So that I can see ok, device XYZ is consuming the most part of the energy of my accumulator and switch it of (or upgrade the HW)

Does anyone know a way?

 

[ignatzatsonic]

You can measure the energy consumption of the entire notebook fairly easily if it is plugged into a wall socket.


What is an "accumulator"?

 

[seekermeister]

If you have an APC UPS, you could plug your notebook into it and use PowerChute, which measures the power consumption in various ways. Of course, you would have to turn off anything else plugged into the UPS or it would add that into the measurement.

 

[MPREv]

You can measure the energy consumption of the entire notebook fairly easily if it is plugged into a wall socket.

How?

What is an "accumulator"?

???
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accumulator_(energy)

If you have an APC UPS, you could plug your notebook into it and use PowerChute, which measures the power consumption in various ways. Of course, you would have to turn off anything else plugged into the UPS or it would add that into the measurement.

Maybe I don't have explained well enough what I want.
I want an overview how much energy the different devices in my Notebook consume.
CPU
Graphical card,
Display,
Harddisc,
...

PS: I habe a Lenovo Thinkpad T400s

 

[ignatzatsonic]

You can measure the energy consumption of the entire notebook fairly easily if it is plugged into a wall socket.

How?

What is an "accumulator"?

???
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accumulator_(energy)

A Killawatt tool will tell you total watts used by the entire PC, but it won't tell you about indivdual components within the PC. They cost about $20 and are available from Amazon, Newegg, and other retailers.

A Killawatt can also measure power consumption of any other device--TV, lamp, radio, etc.

An "accumulator" is apparently what is usually called a battery.

 

[Phone Man]

Use something like this.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Plug-In-Power-and-Energy-Monitor/dp/B000Q7PJGW/ref=pd_cp_ce_1

With your laptop running I assume you could use your Power settings to turn off USB ports, HDD or Display and see how the reading changes.

Jim

 

[mjf]

I am assuming accumulator = battery.
This might be worth a try (I've never used it so can't vouch for it)...looks interesting and free
Free software to monitor Laptop

 

[MPREv]

With your laptop running I assume you could use your Power settings to turn off USB ports, HDD or Display and see how the reading changes.

Hehe, ... jokeing
Really I want a software.

I am assuming accumulator = battery.

Hmm in my language there is a difference:
battery is a not rechargable electro chemical cell.
the accumulator is rechargable

This might be worth a try (I've never used it so can't vouch for it)...looks interesting and free
Free software to monitor Laptop

This is only monitoring the battery.
I want to see how much energy is consumed by:
CPU,
GPU,
Screen,
HDD,
Optical Drive;

 

[mjf]

In our language (English) an electrochemical device called a battery can be chargeable (eg. in laptops) or not.

I haven't used the software I pointed you to but its blurb indicated it's goal was to better manage battery life before recharge. Did you try the software? Can you feedback anything for others?

 

[MPREv]

In our language (English) an electrochemical device called a battery can be chargeable (eg. in laptops) or not.

Yes, i realized that,
I just explaind to cleaify why I chose that word.

I haven't used the software I pointed you to but its blurb indicated it's goal was to better manage battery life before recharge. Did you try the software? Can you feedback anything for others?

Yes and better manage battery life is what it does,
but this wasn't my goal