All the power going into the room (the power lines) ignoring the negligible network traffic power gets put into heat intially, moves something where there is friction, which then is converted to heat, moves something to change it's energy level, lets say a paper feeder on a printer lifting 100 lbs. x 1 foot, or raises the energy level (temperature) of the room and contents, or gets removed by say air conditioning and cooling devices with outside radiators. It all gets counted, and doesn't take a CPA to keep track. Some initially goes to heat, some indirectly, and some gets taken away. For the mechanical engineers in HVAC (Heating, Ventilating, Air Conditioning) field this is their turf. Much of it is covered by building codes, and manuals of data (today software), but they need consult with others including equipment suppliers, architects, structural engineers, etc. to determine the appropriate design criteria. At the same time the structural guy will learn the weight of equipment, the architect - life safety (emergency exit), and the electrical guy the power requirements to heat/cool everything. :) Mark Rages wrote: > On 1/16/07, Yigit Turgut wrote: > >>> My collegues indicated that not all the power consumed by the >>> processors and other hardware is converted into heat. The energy is >>> converted into work done by the processor. >>> >> You collegues are right,all the power consumed by the processor is not >> converted into heat.If this was true we would be calling it a radiator >> instead of a processor. >> > > So where does the power go, that's not converted to heat in the > processors and other hardware? > > >> Yigit >> >> > > PS. Yigit, how's your inverter project coming along? > > Regards, > Mark > markrages@gmail > -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist