David Nebenzahl wrote
Rod Speed wrote
Bill wrote

The clock on my range has never kept correct time, yet it keeps running and using electricity. (Small amount, but
many little things like this can add up.)

No they cant.

Yes, they can, and do.

Nope, not with an electric range where the time you have one of the
plates on for has a MUCH more important effect on the electricity used.

Haven't you noticed that even the power companies themselves (like PG&E here) are running ad campaigns advising people
to get rid of all those "phantom" electricity users?

They aint talking about the clock in a range.

A guy here at UC Berkeley has done research showing that all these things--wall warts, devices that power LEDs, etc.--
use a trememdous amount of electricity when added up.

Pity that the clock in a range being discussed cant add up when there is only one of them.

And the range takes vastly more power when you turn one of the
plates on so that completely swamps the power the clock uses.