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Subject: RE: [motm] Power cosumption

From: "Tentochi" <tentochi@...>
Date: 2000-08-07

Let's say I occassionally go over what the PSU can provide. What effect am
I going to see in a module and the overall sound? Will it permanently hurt
anything?

--Pmehs

> The power drain is constant on modules ∗without∗ LEDs. Obviously,
> when a LED
> is on, the current goes up about 8ma.
>
> Figures quoted in the manual are "worst case", ie the module should never
> exceed this.