On Mon, 6 Oct 2003 06:21:42 -0700, Watson A.Name - "Watt Sun"
wrote:

I was watching the local ABC News and they had a piece on vampire
appliances. They said that an appliance could be using about 5 watts
when it's turned off, and that's about $4.00 a month. This sounded a
bit high to me. But since I don't get an electric bill, I have no way
to tell.

5 watt-hours times 730 hours a month is 3650 watt-hours or 3.65 kWh.

More than a dollar a kWh?
This is probably good info. if they mean average wasted power around
the house as a result of power supplies idling without doing any work.

I opened up my typewriter some years ago and was surprised at how hot
it was inside. I got my clamp on ammeter and went around the house
measuring everything. Here's some of what I found (calculated on 120
VAC):

CD player OFF 10 watts
Cable amplifier ON:noreading
Cable convertor OFF 16.3 watts
GE TV OFF: no reading
Microwave OFF: 4.3 watts
Sony TV OFF: 12 watts
VCR OFF 14 watts
Computer printer OFF 9.6 watts
Word Processing TypeW 10.0 watts
Police Scanner OFF 3.0 watts
Computer scanner OFF 5 Watts


It amounts to ~$5+ a month for the stuff that doesn't provide any
useful function when off. I think that is significant.

Worth installing a switch for things one uses infrequently.

Wonder how much power that amounts to nationwide?


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