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AliFish
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Mar 21, 2019

Watt and BTU with two power supply

Dears,   How are you? i'm have a questions the regarding consumption of BTU and Watt of a device i4600 with two power supply. In the datasheet show 445 BTU for one power supply, with two power sup...
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AMiles_377865
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Mar 26, 2019

The short answer is that power consumption will stay about the same. Realistically, instead of one active, one standby, they will split evenly, although due to inefficiency they may technically consume a little more power.