Power Consumption

Let's check now how much power the TS-419P II needs in sleep, idle mode and during heavy throughput.

For all power consumption measurements we use two professional power analyzers, a Prova WM-01 and a GW Instek GPM-8212.

Sleep, Idle and Load

The maximum power consumption the NAS registered was 51.2W and this with four HDDs installed and the CPU at 100% load. This is very low indeed and means low electricity bills even with the NAS working 24/7 (which usually is the case).

Power Consumption in Standby Mode

Vampire power or phantom load is the amount of power that a device consumes when it is switched off but still plugged into the power grid. According to the ErP Lot 6 2010 directive it should be below 1W and the future 2013 directive lowers this threshold to 0.5W.



With ErP activated from the relevant web interface page, the TS-419P II needs only 0.29W so it meets the ErP Lot 6 2010 requirements easily.

Power Consumption Comparison Graphs