Mac mini Energy Use (Watts used)?

I put a Kill-A-Watt meter on a mini for about 5 days. Idling along it said 20 watts. When the disk spins up and things get busy, 32 watts. After 68.18 hours, 1.55KWh.

That was with an older 1.66Ghz Intel mini, 1.5GB RAM, upgraded to 120GB Seagate drive, bluetooth on and Airport off (Ethernet connected).

I would guess there's a bit of variation depending on how you use the mini and what's connected. I was impressed at the low number. That and the low noise and great value make the mini a winner to me.

Kill-A-Watt:

http://www.p3international.com/products/special/P4400/P4400-CE.html

BTW - I'm watching an AirPort Extreme now, 14 watts.

Hi Andre John Mas-

I'd second the use of a device like the Kill-A-Watt meter. I was also interested in the real world power use of all of my devices and found out for myself.

Luck-

-DP

I read in a Mac magazine, 22 Watts in normal use (whatever that is) and 28 playing a DVD. This was for the 1.42 GHz G4 model released in Summer 2005.

Here: http://www.apple.com/environment/energyefficiency/
Apple quotes 25 Watts for the mini.