Cathy wrote, or maybe forwarded. The average home uses about 450 kWhs per year on phantom load. 450 divided by 365 gives 1.23288 kwh per day or 1238.8 watt hours per day. Dividing by 24 removes the hours and gives a load of 51.3699 watts. That's half of a 100 watt light bulb. Seems a little high to me. What do you say Cathy. Even if you forward an email, be prepared to defend it.
Regards. Max. K 4 O D S. Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Transistor site http://www.funwithtransistors.net Vacuum tube site: http://www.funwithtubes.net Music site: http://www.maxsmusicplace.com To subscribe to the fun with tubes group send an email to, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cathy Harris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2008 7:36 PM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Is A Phantom Load Haunting Your House? Is A Phantom Load Haunting Your House? Chances are you have never heard of the term "phantom load," but it may be having an impact on your home energy bill. Basically, phantom load refers to the electricity consumed by a device when it is turned off but still plugged in. For example, your television continues to consume energy after you have pushed the "off" button on your remote. Features such as remote controls, clocks, timers, memories, microprocessors, and instant-on features are indicators that an appliance will continue to use power even when it has been turned off. Common phantom load culprits include microwaves, computers, TVs and DVD players. A typical home has twenty-five phantom load devices and the number is growing as we buy more and more electronic devices. On their own, these devices use only a small amount of energy. Millions of these devices are in use, however, and energy losses can quickly add up. The average home uses about 450 kWhs per year on phantom load. Nationally, phantom load accounts for six percent of total energy consumption. This translates into billions of dollars of wasted energy and unnecessary pollution. Obviously, phantom load is a big problem. How You Can Help List of 5 items . When possible, unplug devices when they are not in use. . As an alternative, plug devices into a power strip and turn the power strip off at night or when the home is unoccupied. . For devices such as a computer, consider a smart strip. These devices can sense when a device is turned off and automatically shut off the power. . If possible, choose an appliance without a built-in clock or timer. These devices can consume up to 200 watts of electricity per day. . For appliances that are impractical to turn off, choose efficient Energy Star® products to help reduce your phantom load. list end Cathy Harris [EMAIL PROTECTED] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following address: http://www.jaws-users.com/JAWS/handyman/ Visit the archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ If you would like to join the JAWS Users List, then visit the following address for more information: http://www.jaws-users.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.21.4/1310 - Release Date: 3/4/2008 8:35 AM
