I just got powerful
M6-PD100w power bank, I'm planning to use it as a power supply for my computer during power outage. Played with it a little and found strange power consumption issue of my display.
There is Samsung 971P display connected through DVI-HDMI adapter to Raspberry Pi 4B computer.
When I connect display to the power bank, and RPI is powered from mains, the power bank shows power consumption 12 V x 2 Amps. DMM also shows 11.6 V x 2 Amps. That is expected behavior, because the same 2 Amps is consumed when I power display from a mains power supply.
But very strange thing happens when I power both display and RPI from the power bank. In such case power bank shows RPI power consumption 5V x 0.6-1.0Amps (which is expected value), but display power consumption drops down to 12V x 1.5 Amps...
My first thought was is that there is error on the power bank indication, but DMM shows that display consumption really drops down to 1.5..1.6 Amps. The voltage is almost the same 11.5..11.6 V.
So, I have no idea why display consume 0.5 Amps less current when I power RPI from the same power bank? I well understand Ohms law and checked all things several times, and it shows that the power consumption is really drops down.
I tried to connect other 1 Amps load instead of RPI to the power bank, but it don't reduce display power consumption. The RPI power consumption is really 0.6-1.0 Amps and don't depends if I power it from power bank or mains power supply.
This looks crazy, because display works the same with the same intensity, but it's power consumption is reduced for 0.5 Amps.
I don't see how it's possible . Any idea?