Is this related to the screen under CA Title 20?
PC can't be shipped to CA, CO, HI, OR, VT or WA due to power consumption
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Re: PC can't be shipped to CA, CO, HI, OR, VT or WA due to power consumption
#12Relevant link:
https://www.energy.ca.gov/programs-and-topics/programs/appli...
(expand the section titled Computers)
Re: PC can't be shipped to CA, CO, HI, OR, VT or WA due to power consumption
#1320 years from now: “This PC cannot be shipped to CA, CO, HI, OR, VT or WA because the ability to run unsigned code makes it an environmental and digital weapon.”
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Re: PC can't be shipped to CA, CO, HI, OR, VT or WA due to power consumption
#14This is like banning a Bugatti Veyron (worldwide production about 30 per year) because the gas mileage is too low. Priceless Puritans.
I see your point but wonder if the legislation that bans these specifically mention computers or just any electronic device that draws more than XXXX watts per hour.
Re: PC can't be shipped to CA, CO, HI, OR, VT or WA due to power consumption
#1520 years from now: “This PC cannot be shipped to CA, CO, HI, OR, VT or WA because the ability to run unsigned code makes it an environmental and digital weapon.”
Horrifying. Also:
"This PC cannot authenticate to your ISP because the ability to run unsigned code makes it an environmental and digital weapon."
Re: PC can't be shipped to CA, CO, HI, OR, VT or WA due to power consumption
#16This is like banning a Bugatti Veyron (worldwide production about 30 per year) because the gas mileage is too low. Priceless Puritans.
This is a $1100 computer, not a $2M car.
It makes a lot more sense to ban a car (regardless of price) for polluting the environment we all breathe and contributing to global warming, than it does to ban a computer that uses power the end user pays for by the kilowatt.
Re: PC can't be shipped to CA, CO, HI, OR, VT or WA due to power consumption
#17I've never wanted an Alienware laptop in my life, but as a resident of Oregon there is absolutely nothing more that I want right now than an illegally powerful laptop.
Re: PC can't be shipped to CA, CO, HI, OR, VT or WA due to power consumption
#18Anyone know the actual rules? Is it a hard limit on the amount of power a home computer can consume, or is it something more subtle like a limit on the power when its idling?
For California: https://govt.westlaw.com/calregs/Document/IEEDE2D64EF7B4F168...
See tables V-6 and V-7
Re: PC can't be shipped to CA, CO, HI, OR, VT or WA due to power consumption
#19Anyone know the actual rules? Is it a hard limit on the amount of power a home computer can consume, or is it something more subtle like a limit on the power when its idling?
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#20Smuggling opportunity! Having legalized weed was a major blow to the unorganized carriage trade, I guess this counts as stimulus for that all important sector of the economy.
Would it really be smuggling (ie. something you could go to jail for if you did it)?
If someone took some new laptops with them in their carry-ons or checked luggage when they flew from one state to another, or even acted as an official courier, would that be illegal?