Power usage in LinkStation

[nhoover]

   

I upgraded my old HD H250Lan to a new LS-CH1.0TL which is working nicely. Since I run the NAS 24x7, I measured the power consumption. The new unit specifies 17W with no USB drive attached and I see it only using 12W idle which is nice. What I don't like is that instead of a simple plug as with the older product, there is now a wall-wart. The wall-wart uses 3W even if the unit is turned off. I don't have any other modern wall-warts that eat that much power.

 

Here are my measurements:

New 1TB:

3W  Off

12W Idle

13W Read

13W Write

28W Max during startup

 

Old 250GB:

1W  Off

10W Idle

11W Read

11W Write

25W Max during startup

 

I guess this thing rocks in terms of watts/GB, and it meets the spec handily, but to go backwards so badly with the wall-wart is disappointing. The extra 2W running 24x7 for a year consumes 17.5kWh.

[Dan_C]

While maintaining the level of device that customers have come to expect the power issue that has been brought to our attention and we are going to address with the new series of devices.