11-07-2019, 03:52 PM
I measured the power usage over a day using the Mate power daemon. This is what it plotted.
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It seems that charging via USB-C is almost as efficient as using an actual charger. The suspend one is weirder: it uses energy as much as a charger can put in the battery. I entered suspend by clicking on the power button and then selecting suspend on the pop up menu. Obviously something is not being properly powered down. This is with the default Debian image.
pbpro_power.png (Size: 67.21 KB / Downloads: 586)
It seems that charging via USB-C is almost as efficient as using an actual charger. The suspend one is weirder: it uses energy as much as a charger can put in the battery. I entered suspend by clicking on the power button and then selecting suspend on the pop up menu. Obviously something is not being properly powered down. This is with the default Debian image.