Using a “Kill a Watt” measuring device.
I plugged the UPS power cord into into the Kill A Watt and took measurements
| Computer Running Idle | Sleep | Pegasus R4 | Pegasus R4 & Aerca | Mac Pro Net | ||
| Just UPS | With 2 Drive Units Running | UPS fully charged | UPS Fully Charged | UPS Fully Charged | UPS Fully Charged | |
| MAC Pro 2013 | 38 Watts | 234 Watts | No possible at this time | 80 Watts | 108 Watts | 126 Watts |
| 4 Internal Drives | ||||||
| Mac Pro 2009 | 20 Watts | 181 Watts | 107 Watts | na |
Without sleep mode on the Mac Pro 213 I am burning through about 234 watts unnecesarily if I forget to shut down.
Thats not to mention that I still have the Mac Prol 2009 running – usually idle.