Tronsmart Vega S89 Elite Power consumption

[gstar2]

Can someone please state the actual power consumption of the box in these states

Off (Red front LED)
Idle(Blue LED, idle in XBMC)
Active(Benchmark)

No attachments to the box, so we don't measure peripherals as well.

I would love to see some real measurements with a wall wattmeter or similar.

[zoelechat]

Nice idea, here are values I measured (230V current, S89 "Standard" sorry, stock101k4, started freshly and cool-modded so surely no unwanted throttling):

-OFF (no red light): 0.9W
-OFF with red light: 1.1W
-Idle on desktop: ~3.7W
-Idle in XBMC: ~3.8W, with RSS feed scrolling: ~5.4W (!)
-Random 1080p@24 video w/DTS sound in XBMC: 4.8W-5.2W (no noticeable difference if s/w audio or passthrough)
-Navigating though XBMC menus: ~6.4W (?)
-Antutu System tests: 4.5W-6.5W
-Maximum reached in Antutu OpenGL tests and overall: 8.0W

8W are far from 15W delivered by power adapter, but it would be needed to add potential maximum consumption of 2 USB devices (~5W) then we're not so far...

[gstar2]

Thank you so much for taking these measurements.
Now I can calculate if its worth having it on all the time (like the raspberry pi), or turn it off when not in use.

Just to be sure, what is cool-modded ?
And also what is OFF (no red light)? Can you actually turn off the red light?

[zoelechat]

Just to be sure, what is cool-modded ?

I've added some scrap iron to make the thing cooler:

http://www.freaktab.com/showthread.php?13421-AML-S802-case-modding-Show-your-mod-s-to-cool-it-down-)&p=188558&viewfull=1#post188558

And also what is OFF (no red light)? Can you actually turn off the red light?

In case of AC power loss or when the box has just been plugged there's no red light until you press power on the box (remote won't work). This state is recovered if you press power button for 10 seconds.

[Ice_Coffee]

Nice idea, here are values I measured (230V current, S89 "Standard" sorry, stock101k4, started freshly and cool-modded so surely no unwanted throttling):

-OFF (no red light): 0.9W
-OFF with red light: 1.1W
-Idle on desktop: ~3.7W
-Idle in XBMC: ~3.8W, with RSS feed scrolling: ~5.4W (!)
-Random 1080p@24 video w/DTS sound in XBMC: 4.8W-5.2W (no noticeable difference if s/w audio or passthrough)
-Navigating though XBMC menus: ~6.4W (?)
-Antutu System tests: 4.5W-6.5W
-Maximum reached in Antutu OpenGL tests and overall: 8.0W

8W are far from 15W delivered by power adapter, but it would be needed to add potential maximum consumption of 2 USB devices (~5W) then we're not so far...

3 devices not 2, Don't forget OTG is also a host port