Fairlight-CMI

Hi Harald,


Thanks for your post. I presume that the CMI 2X uses much less power than a
series 3 ? I will try and calculate an accurate usage for the whole studio.

Many thanks,

James Thomson






On 7/6/07 16:41, "Harald Feldmann" <feldmann@xs4all.nl> wrote:

> James, is it really that expensive ?
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> In the Netherlands, 15 euro-cents per hour for a fairlight is not overly
> bad I'd say.. My console uses 480 watts and I have no qualms running it.
> If you factor everything in, several fairlights, console, outboard and
> lights, it adds up electrically. My prime concern would be groundloop,
> heat buildup and electric limitations on the cabling, not the cost.
> 
> With regard to your question, subtract 12-15 watts for every harddrive you
> detach. Probably 90 watts or so for the memory. Your local do-it-yourself
> construction market will have a power consumption meter, they are around
> 10 euros, it shows current power usage, cumulative, voltage etc.
> 
> Regards,
> Harald
> 
>> Bonjour Laurent,
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>> Merci beacoup pour votre reponse ! My CMI MFX-2 has the 32 meg ram card
>> and
>> uses an external 3 1/2" optical cartridge drive. Would the consumption be
>> significantly less than 480 watts ? The CMI is very expensive to run at
>> 480
>> watts !!!
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>> A bientot,
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>> James
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>> On 7/6/07 14:57, "Laurent Lemaire" <llemaire1@free.fr> wrote:
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>>> Hi James,
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>>> I made the measure a few days ago on my CMI 3 (rev6.03)
>>> which has got two big ESDI HD and 14Mb of RAM (CMI-39)
>>> 
>>> The global consumption is 480 Watts.
>>> 
>>>   Laurent.
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