Chris Knadle wrote:
I guess what need answered is how much power does the system take
while idling. How would I measure that?
A Watt meter. There's a more complicated way of considering the
situation if you want to take Power Factor into account, but the good
news is that you don't need to worry about that because you only
actually pay for what a Watt meter reads, even though the power
company has to actually supply you a bit more than that due to Power
Factor considerations.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16882715001&Tpk=kill-a-watt
I bought a Kill-A-Watt from NewEgg for $20. There's also a deluxe model
for about twice that. Really simple to use, reports watts, VA, power
factor, cumulative kWh, line voltage and frequency.
Adam
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