[TriLUG] Linksys long in the tooth?

[James Brigman]

No...I'm not assuming anything, thank you. Neither did I say the world
is flat or windows is cool. 

P=I*I*R --> power varies as to the square of the current, through any
given heat-generating, power-consuming device.

Aha! So why are new low-power CPU's lower voltage! Dag nabbit, I didn't
say anything about voltage. But for what it's worth, the lower voltage
pushes far lower currents across the fixed semiconductor voltage
threshholds. Whoops. P=I*I*R again.

Lower voltage, higher current products simply seem to be less reliable
than higher voltage, lower current products. Tha End.

JKB

On Tue, 2008-01-15 at 12:32 -0500, Randy Barlow wrote:
> jbrigman at nc.rr.com wrote:
> > Lesson to the rest of us - try to avoid equipment that uses 5v rather than 12v, it appears the lower voltage, higher current contributes to early failure - I've got at least four instances of this just in my own experience. 
> 
> I don't think this is really true.  You assume here that two devices use
> equal amount of power.  A 12 V device could very well use the same
> current as a 5 V device and more than double the power consumption.
> Power consumption is what causes heat, which is one thing that can lead
> to failure.
> 
> -- 
> Randy Barlow
> http://electronsweatshop.com