Thread: How much power does a 120v 15A lighted switch use anyway?
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Default How much power does a 120v 15A lighted switch use anyway?
On Tue, 18 May 2010 02:25:44 +0000 (UTC), Don Klipstein wrote:

Figure about 1/4 watt for those, which means around 2.2 KWH per year
times 1/100 of the percentage of the time that the neon lamp is on.

I don't understand the 1/100th the percentage (figure 98% of the time the
switch is off so the neon bulb is on).

What's the 1/100 for?
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