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Efficiency measurement
Efficiency measurement
EPA rev. 2.0 external power supply compliance verification
Table 1 shows the no-load consumption and the overall efficiency, measured at the nominal
mains voltages. At 115 Vac the average efficiency is 90.6 %, while at 230 Vac it is 91.8 %.
Both values are much higher than the 87 % required by EPA rev 2.0 external power supply
(EPS) limits.
The efficiency at nominal load, 230 Vac, is 94 %, which is a very high efficiency for a double
stage converter and confirms the benefit of implemented SR.
Also at no load the board performances are superior: maximum no-load consumption at
nominal mains voltage is 200 mW; this value is significantly lower than the limit imposed by
the ENERGY STAR program which is 500 mW.
Table 1. Overall efficiency
230 V - 50 Hz
115 V - 60 Hz
Test
Vout Iout Pout Pin
Eff. Vout Iout Pout Pin
Eff.
[V] [A] [W] [W] [%] [V] [A] [W] [W] [%]
No load 12.10 0.00 0.00 0.20 ----------- 12.10 0.00 0.00 0.20 -----------
25 % load eff. 12.14 3.10 37.63 43.15 87.2 % 12.13 3.10 37.60 43.08 87.3 %
50 % load eff. 12.14 6.19 75.15 81.30 92.4 % 12.12 6.19 75.02 82.34 91.1 %
75 % load eff. 12.08 9.37 113.19 120.81 93.7 % 12.07 9.38 113.22 123.00 92.0 %
100 % load eff. 12.04 12.47 150.14 159.79 94.0 % 12.04 12.50 150.50 163.90 91.8 %
Average eff.
91.8 %
90.6 %
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