The former likely true: misprint. Thusly are urban legends started.A
40cm AC fan,capacity 40cu meter/minute.  draws 100w. 

said Harry, stirred by:
     paul marwick 's message of:
     Monday 06 Feb 06 at 05:39 PM,
     On: Re: [OS2HW] Narrowing it down
     [echoed below, at least in part]

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In article
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"Harry Travis" wrote:

> The claim of capacity from a PSU being reserved for fans is new. Why do
> you think that is so? Are all fans on a unique voltage or powered by a
> their own regulators?

Given that the average fan draws less than 10 watts (in most cases
_much_ less that 10 watts) the figure is either wrong or someone was
anticipating a _lot_ of fans in a machine :)

paul.


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