Power Consumption

Let us now check on just how much power the TBS-453A needs in sleep, idle, and during heavy throughput.

We use a GW Instek GPM-8212 power analyzer for all of our power consumption measurements.

Sleep, Idle and Load

Power consumption is very low in all configurations. We did notice something strange, though, since power consumption is lower in idle than in sleep. It should be the other way around. We strongly believe that this is due to the M.2 SSDs.

Power Consumption in Standby Mode

Vampire power, or phantom load, is the amount of power a device consumes when it is switched off but still plugged into the power grid. According to the ErP Lot 6 2013 directive, it should be below 0.5 W.



With the ERP option enabled, vampire power is quite low.

Power Consumption Comparison Graphs