21-11-2016, 06:31 PM
I have one but haven't installed it yet. I measured the idle current and I think, from memory, it equated to about 500mW. That's assuming it was all real power rather than VARs. Not sure what the EU directives currently specify for equipment in standby but it's certainly no more than 1W.
1W for a year is about 8kWh or about £1 So my measured 0.5W is about 50p/year. If 20 million households have a socket like this the total consumption is 10MW which sounds a lot but is a drop in the ocean of the many GW that's drawn from the grid.
1W for a year is about 8kWh or about £1 So my measured 0.5W is about 50p/year. If 20 million households have a socket like this the total consumption is 10MW which sounds a lot but is a drop in the ocean of the many GW that's drawn from the grid.
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