Re: HDTV phantom power drain

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G-squared <stratus46@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> On May 7, 8:37=A0am, Steve Urbach <dragonsc...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > That is 24 watt hours EACH or a roughly a KWH every 40 days. NB
> > Really cheap
> > ones (containing cheap Iron transformers) idle at 3 to 5 Watts.
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>I have my doubts about 3-5 watts. That 'much' power in a small box
>such as the wall wart would get pretty hot. Check the heat from a 4
>watt night light.

  Indeed.  If they consume that power, they would be giving off heat.

  I suspect many of the folks who make these claims do not understand
power factor, and think that VA is the same as Watts (which is not true).

	Alan