About how many watts will this router draw

[Rylyguy]

Hi. I have this router that is just the basic one your isp gives you. This is from at&t. For a project I’m doing I need to power it portably. I’m wondering about how many watts it would use so I can calculate how long a certain power station could sustain it. If anyone has any info or any leads to find out please let me know. TIA

[BlueChinchillaEatingDorito]

Just now, Rylyguy said:

Hi. I have this router that is just the basic one your isp gives you. This is from at&t. For a project I’m doing I need to power it portably. I’m wondering about how many watts it would use so I can calculate how long a certain power station could sustain it. If anyone has any info or any leads to find out please let me know. TIA

Have you taken a look at the power brick that came with it? I doubt these have internal power supplies. 

[Rylyguy]

1 minute ago, BlueChinchillaEatingDorito said:

Have you taken a look at the power brick that came with it? I doubt these have internal power supplies. 

Yes. There isn’t any info. All I can’t tell is it’s powered by 12 volts

[Kilrah]

Measure its draw yourself. 

[Rylyguy]

Just now, Kilrah said:

Measure its draw yourself. 

How can I do that. Sorry I have no clue

[Lurick]

Assume at most 10 watts. Can you give the exact model?

 

Are you doing wifi as well?

[Applefreak]

Probably around 15 Watts can you make a photo of the power brick, there should be a thing on it describing input AC and Output DC Voltage and Ampere (mAh).

[TomvanWijnen]

12 minutes ago, Rylyguy said:

Yes. There isn’t any info. All I can’t tell is it’s powered by 12 volts

It doesn't? All power bricks I've ever looked at closely said their power draw and their power output.

[BlueChinchillaEatingDorito]

5 minutes ago, Rylyguy said:

Yes. There isn’t any info. All I can’t tell is it’s powered by 12 volts

Uh that can't be right. I'm no expert, but I would have to think that would violate any sort of safety laws surrounding power supplies unless the label just came off (though one would would seriously have to purposely try to remove that label). Do you have a photo of it?   

[Rylyguy]

7 minutes ago, Lurick said:

Assume at most 10 watts. Can you give the exact model?

 

Are you doing wifi as well?

I’ll get the model number and I’m going to use if for WiFi but just for a local network

[Rylyguy]

3 minutes ago, BlueChinchillaEatingDorito said:

Uh that can't be right. I'm no expert, but I would have to think that would violate any sort of safety laws surrounding power supplies unless the label just came off (though one would would seriously have to purposely try to remove that label). Do you have a photo of it?   

Sorry I meant it takes 120 and converts to 12 for the router

[Rylyguy]

[BlueChinchillaEatingDorito]

2 minutes ago, Rylyguy said:

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So you got the 12.0 volts, then look next to it, it says 1A which means 1 Amp.

 

12.0V at 1.0 Amp. So roughly 12 Watts.

 

Watts = Amp x Voltage

12W = 1A x 12V

[Rylyguy]

4 minutes ago, BlueChinchillaEatingDorito said:

So you got the 12.0 volts, then look next to it, it says 1A which means 1 Amp.

 

12.0V at 1.0 Amp. So roughly 12 Watts.

 

Watts = Amp x Voltage

12W = 1A x 12V

Thank you that’s very helpful

 

Edit: Just calculated how long the power station would last and I’ll be able to power the router for about 10.5 hours

[BlueChinchillaEatingDorito]

4 minutes ago, Rylyguy said:

Thank you that’s very helpful

 

Edit: Just calculated how long the power station would last and I’ll be able to power the router for about 10.5 hours

No worries, glad to help! Best of luck on your project.