"NSM" writes:

"Sam Goldwasser" wrote in message
...

Well, maybe.

But consider: Replacing how many 100 W incandescent lamps used 6 hours
a day with 25 W equivalent brightness compact fluorescents will it take
to same more energy than used by all those appliances in the house with
standby modes?

When my grandmother got her first color TV (all tube) I modified it so the
tube heaters stayed on all the time. Never took the back off until we
swapped it out for a new model many years later.

Hmmmm. Cost of electricity to run heaters: Totally rough guess of 100 W over
10 years or about 8,000 kW-h. What did electricity cost back then?
How did the cost of the electricity to keep the heaters lit continuously
compare to the cost of a service call to replace a tube?

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