On Mon, 06 Oct 2003 13:02:09 -0700, Lizard Blizzard
wrote:

Jerry G. wrote:

[snip]

Infact, the old
1960's electric clocks with motors in them, required more current to operate
than today's modern LED and LCD clocks.

The quartz sweep second hand clocks run for a year off a single AA cell.
So no power at all needed from the wall outlet.

The earlier appliances when
operating required much more wattage to get the same job done, therefore,
you will not win with this situation.

One of the ladies at work replaced her old fridge with a new energy
efficient one. Her electric bill went down fifty dollars a month(!)

Old refrigerators and freezers wasted most of their energy in
generating heat, which if in a confined room, would lower the
efficiency of the unit itself, yet alone run the ambient temp of the
room up to an un livable level, requiring the need for an air
conditioner of some sort.
I have a full blown media room .. full stereo system (where the main
amp/pre amp is ON but display is off all the time .. phono pre amp for
my Linear .. Dolby 5.1 amp set up (on all the time) 32'HDTV .. screen
is the only thing that turns off, so it generates heat .. two
computers (P iv's) that generate a gang of heat (did go to an LCD
display which cut down on the heat from a monitor. .. but all along
the back wall behind a vented folding door set is a pantry, which
includes a huge side by side ref/freezer. so I have to have an 8000
btu air conditioner running 9 months out of the year. plus a Honeywell
Air cleaner to keep from having to open and CLEAN everything every
month!