From: ohland@charter.net   
      
   Had a few questions on 95 PSU load. At first, I thought just monitoring   
   the AC amps in would give us wattage. Not quite so.   
      
   There are two "levels" of power, one being the triple device power   
   sockets. +5v and +12v. SIMMple to deduce, read drive datasheet, done.   
   Just leave all taps disconnected, SIMMplify reading planar power draw. I   
   ass-u-me the three taps are overload protected separately from the main   
   overload. Dunno. But it makes sense that a device could be pulling more   
   power than it should, yet not enough to pop the breaker for overall current.   
      
   The second "level" is the 21 pin planar power plug. We got +5v, +12v,   
   and -5v.   
      
   It seems possumble that we measure the wattage into an unconnected PSU,   
   using either a paperclip on the 8595 PSU, or the test button on the 95A   
   PSU. We get a "no-load" wattage, just for the PSU.   
      
   Now we can plug it into the planar, and test with one set of SIMMs, then   
   two, then three, then four. -MAYBE- the SIMM power draw is not lost in   
   the overall efficiency of the PSU.   
      
   The best weg would be to measure all +5v at once with a clamp. The   
   planar pretty much exclusively uses +5v, so we aren't missing much by   
   letting -5v go unmeasured.   
      
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