magicJack and magicJack Plus Support, Reviews, FAQs and Tricks

Here are some hard numbers about the MJ+ power consumption.
This testing was done with the power adapter, but I am not counting any power consumed by the adapter. Someone with a true watt meter can do that if desired. I measured the DC voltage and current going to the MJ+ via the USB port.

The USB ...

Connected to the PC (no ethernet cable) the temperature dropped to 85F.
Connected to the power adapter with the USB extension cord and connected to the ethernet cable the temperature was 105F this morning.
That is down from 125F when it was directly connected to the power adapter.
Now it feels just ...

Are you saying to plug MJ+ into the computer for power or with the ethernet cord disconnected so it uses the computer to communicate?
Either way, the whole point of MJ+ was not to use the computer.

I'll try connecting through the computer, with no ethernet connection. If it is cooler than that ...

Could you post the actual watts that the MJ+ consumes?
Also, how hot is your MJ+?

I tried to calculate it backwards from your costs and came up with 4 watts.

My MJ+ is running a surface temperature of 125 degrees F in a 75F room.
I am trying to figure out if that is normal.
If it is only consuming ...

I do not have it near any other heat source and it is not in the light.
It is mounted vertically above a power strip "in the air" so any heat generated goes straight up the sides of the MJ+.

It is the MJ+ that IS the heat source. Has anyone used a power meter to measure the power consumption of ...

With MagicJack Plus plugged into the AC-USB power adapter the MJ+ box is up to 125 degrees F. That seems excessively HOT in a room that is 75-80F.
It is not making or receiving a phone call, just sitting there idle.

Is that normal? If it is, they should have installed heat sink fins on it to cool ...

I am looking at the Windows Task Manager Processes screen and MagicJack.exe produces 8 Page Faults per second when idle.

I don't understand why. Does anyone know why?

This keeps the disk spinning for no reason that I can think of.
I've got 1 GB of available (unused) physical memory, so it is not ...