Electronic clocks in applicances?

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The Doctor

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Hi all,

I have heard it before that even the digital clock on DVD players
or microwave ovens can add up to a fair bit of power. How much power
do they typically draw? Are there any plans by major manufacturers to
reduce that?
 
"The Doctor" <doctor@nospam.com> wrote in message
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Hi all,

I have heard it before that even the digital clock on DVD players
or microwave ovens can add up to a fair bit of power. How much power
do they typically draw? Are there any plans by major manufacturers to
reduce that?
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Geez, they would cost less than your cold water from the fridge !!
Change your focus mate !!!!

--
Regards ......... Rheilly Phoull
 
"The Doctor" <doctor@nospam.com> wrote in message
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Hi all,

I have heard it before that even the digital clock on DVD players
or microwave ovens can add up to a fair bit of power.
Click to expand...
**Yep. I've heard the same bullshit.

How much power
do they typically draw?
Click to expand...
**About the same amount in one year as a two bar heater will use in a few
hours. Or as much in one week as a few halogen downlights will use in one
hour.

Are there any plans by major manufacturers to
reduce that?
Click to expand...
**Yep. There are no plans to get consumers to switch to Solar hot water,
however, which would REALLY reduce power consumption. Of to get people to
wear an extra sweater during the Winter, instead of running that central
heating. Or to choose more efficient appliances (better air conditioners,
'fridges, etc) instead of buggering around with inconsequential things.

Education and common sense will reduce electricity consumption for more
efficiently that turning off a DVD player.


--
Trevor Wilson
www.rageaudio.com.au
 
"Dand" <dand@dand.net.au> wrote in
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"The Doctor" <doctor@nospam.com> wrote in message
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Hi all,

I have heard it before that even the digital clock on DVD players
or microwave ovens can add up to a fair bit of power. How much power
do they typically draw? Are there any plans by major manufacturers to
reduce that?

Are you talking about the displays? because the actually clock chips
and crystals can keep the time drawing just a few uA at 3.3V so power
is like 8 microwatt.

small LCD display (2x 16 characters) draws most power from the
backlight
which is usually 100mA at 5V, 0.5W.

In a day then its 12w hours. Compared to a 100W light globe of 2400w
hours.

So LCD clock running all day is about equal to 8 minutes of a light.

Of course most clock LCD will draw a lot less than 0.5W, probably
typically 0.1 or 0.2W.
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Ok, but 12WH per household. I still think you can save a fair bit for
a city. Surely the question is what are they used for. Are most people
that organised to prepare their meal and have the microwave start before
they get home etc. etc.?
 
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"The Doctor" <doctor@nospam.com> wrote in message
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Hi all,

I have heard it before that even the digital clock on DVD players
or microwave ovens can add up to a fair bit of power. How much power
do they typically draw? Are there any plans by major manufacturers to
reduce that?

Are you talking about the displays? because the actually clock chips
and crystals can keep the time drawing just a few uA at 3.3V so power
is like 8 microwatt.

small LCD display (2x 16 characters) draws most power from the
backlight
which is usually 100mA at 5V, 0.5W.

In a day then its 12w hours. Compared to a 100W light globe of 2400w
hours.

So LCD clock running all day is about equal to 8 minutes of a light.

Of course most clock LCD will draw a lot less than 0.5W, probably
typically 0.1 or 0.2W.

Ok, but 12WH per household. I still think you can save a fair bit for
a city.

**Sure, but not by switching off clocks. Switching to Solar hot water
would
almost halve domestic power consumption. Now THAT is significant.

Surely the question is what are they used for. Are most people
that organised to prepare their meal and have the microwave start before
they get home etc. etc.?

**Again, you're attacking an almost non-existent problem, whilst ignoring
the major issue. Heating (including hot water) and cooling are THE major
power consumption areas. Then cooking. Lighting is next, followed by all
the
other stuff. Hot water, on it's own, represents between 30% and 50% of the
average electricity usage (assuming electric off-peak).
Click to expand...

With global warming , cold showers will be the norm and * that * will reduce
electricity consumption heaps
--
Trevor Wilson
www.rageaudio.com.au
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Energy saving tip #6: The Phantom Load! ______________________________
Want to chill out and watch a movie? It's a great idea and easy to do,
considering the typical family owns two televisions, one VCR or DVD
player and a cable/satellite or game system box. Those appliances have a
combined energy consumption of about 500 kilowatts for one year, which
is more than an energy efficient refrigerator.

You turn your televisions, VCRs and DVD players off when they are not
being used. So you think they aren't wasting electricity, right? Wrong!
Many of these appliances run on standby power when they are turned off
to operate clocks and remote devices. The energy used by an appliance
when it is shut off is called "the phantom load". It sounds ominous and
it is, costing you more on your monthly utility bill than you need to
pay.

A typical 25-inch television will consume 90-watts of energy when on,
and 4.5-watts when on standby. Therefore, if you only watch the TV for
an hour a day, your paying more for power consumption when the TV is off
than on. VCRs and DVD players are worse and use only about 5 per cent of
their total energy for intended use (playing and recording videos/DVDs).
The biggest culprits however, are cable boxes, satellites decoders and
video game boxes. These devices will use almost as much energy off as
on.

So what's an entertainment loving person to do? Unplug devices that use
standby power when you are not using them. This includes anything with a
clock, like a coffee maker or a microwave (seriously, who needs five
clocks in their kitchen?). Even better, you can plug everything into a
power bar (chances are it already is) and just click off the power bar
switch when finished. A quick, easy and effective way to eliminate the
phantom load.

You don't have to stop in the family room. Anything that has a wall cube
transformer (plugs that are little black or gray boxes) carry a phantom
load too. When you feel them, they may be hot. That heat represents
energy being consumed that you pay for, but don't use. Take a couple of
minutes to walk around your house or business a do a quick inventory of
appliances that are plugged in and using electricity that really don't
have to be. You could end up saving yourself some money.

Always remember to look for the Energy Star symbol when shopping for new
appliances. The Energy Star ensures that the product meets strict
government and international standards for energy efficiency.

For more information on appliances, the "phantom load", or other energy
saving tips, contact the South West Shore Energy Office at (902)
875-2915 or E-mail at jhollett@swsda.com.

Jason Hollett is the Energy Officer for the South West Shore Energy
Office
 
"Ed -" <spam-me@nsa.gov> wrote in message
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Energy saving tip #6: The Phantom Load! ______________________________
Want to chill out and watch a movie? It's a great idea and easy to do,
considering the typical family owns two televisions, one VCR or DVD
player and a cable/satellite or game system box. Those appliances have a
combined energy consumption of about 500 kilowatts for one year, which
is more than an energy efficient refrigerator.

You turn your televisions, VCRs and DVD players off when they are not
being used. So you think they aren't wasting electricity, right? Wrong!
Many of these appliances run on standby power when they are turned off
to operate clocks and remote devices. The energy used by an appliance
when it is shut off is called "the phantom load". It sounds ominous and
it is, costing you more on your monthly utility bill than you need to
pay.

A typical 25-inch television will consume 90-watts of energy when on,
and 4.5-watts when on standby. Therefore, if you only watch the TV for
an hour a day, your paying more for power consumption when the TV is off
than on. VCRs and DVD players are worse and use only about 5 per cent of
their total energy for intended use (playing and recording videos/DVDs).
The biggest culprits however, are cable boxes, satellites decoders and
video game boxes. These devices will use almost as much energy off as
on.

So what's an entertainment loving person to do? Unplug devices that use
standby power when you are not using them. This includes anything with a
clock, like a coffee maker or a microwave (seriously, who needs five
clocks in their kitchen?). Even better, you can plug everything into a
power bar (chances are it already is) and just click off the power bar
switch when finished. A quick, easy and effective way to eliminate the
phantom load.

You don't have to stop in the family room. Anything that has a wall cube
transformer (plugs that are little black or gray boxes) carry a phantom
load too. When you feel them, they may be hot. That heat represents
energy being consumed that you pay for, but don't use. Take a couple of
minutes to walk around your house or business a do a quick inventory of
appliances that are plugged in and using electricity that really don't
have to be. You could end up saving yourself some money.

Always remember to look for the Energy Star symbol when shopping for new
appliances. The Energy Star ensures that the product meets strict
government and international standards for energy efficiency.

For more information on appliances, the "phantom load", or other energy
saving tips, contact the South West Shore Energy Office at (902)
875-2915 or E-mail at jhollett@swsda.com.

Jason Hollett is the Energy Officer for the South West Shore Energy
Office
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"Ed -" <spam-me@nsa.gov> wrote in message
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Energy saving tip #6: The Phantom Load! ______________________________
Want to chill out and watch a movie? It's a great idea and easy to do,
considering the typical family owns two televisions, one VCR or DVD
player and a cable/satellite or game system box. Those appliances have a
combined energy consumption of about 500 kilowatts for one year, which
is more than an energy efficient refrigerator.

Forgive me, but this is about 1.4kW per day; that's a whole lot of devices
Click to expand...
at the stated 4.5W each. If you had 20 such devices it'd still only be less
than 400kWhr per year. And how much would you save? Are you paying $0.15 per
kWhr? What's that - $60?? Scale it by your real cost of power and see if
it's worthwhile.

It's a total crock, put out by bureaucrats who get a pass mark for putting
out edicts telling people how to run their lives, rather than doing
something useful, like increasing supply capacity where needed.

Ken
 
Dand wrote:

"The Doctor" <doctor@nospam.com> wrote in message
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Hi all,

I have heard it before that even the digital clock on DVD players
or microwave ovens can add up to a fair bit of power. How much power
do they typically draw? Are there any plans by major manufacturers to
reduce that?

Are you talking about the displays? because the actually clock chips and
crystals can keep the time drawing just a few uA at 3.3V so power is like
8 microwatt.

small LCD display (2x 16 characters) draws most power from the backlight
which is usually 100mA at 5V, 0.5W.

In a day then its 12w hours. Compared to a 100W light globe of 2400w
hours.

So LCD clock running all day is about equal to 8 minutes of a light.

Of course most clock LCD will draw a lot less than 0.5W, probably
typically 0.1 or 0.2W.
Click to expand...
I measured a sony TV recently and it was drawing 10 Watts when switched off
with the remote. That is probably mostly in the power supply losses, as
you point out, the actual load electronics is probably not using more than
half a watt.

There are not many small transformers that draw less than a Watt even when
not loaded at all. For example most plug-packs get noticeably warm even
when they are not connected to anything.

Chris
 
Ken Taylor wrote:

Ed - wrote:
I know that here in WA supply capacity is a "potential" problem during
hot weather, but standby power consumption is not an issue for peak
demand calculations but rather part of a push for overall energy
efficiency in the home.

see it as that home x millions x year after year after year.

clocks in various appliances are often on different times or flashing
00:00 and are a TOTAL waste of energy, and if you are not there to see
the time, what is the point of its existence?

Granted, but that's not the entirety of the issue. The amount of extra
energy by having a clock function on the appliance is insignificant
given that it won't be switched off at the wall anyway. People just
*aren't* going to reach around and turn the things off at the wall. Do
you??

What's the % of power to be saved here, compared to efficiencies to be
gained by using energy efficient appliances and homes/buildings, greater
use of solar heating, and back-feeding to the grid? What about
commercial lighting left on inappropriately? The bureaucratic easy-fix
is a crock.

Cheers.

Ken
Click to expand...
In the life of many microwave ovens more than 50% of the energy would be
used in running the clock, and less than 50% in running the microwave part.
Get yourself a good energy meter and try it in your house. Obviously if
you use the microwave to cook 50 dinners every day then this will not be
the case for you but it is often true. Still TVs are probably far more
wasteful than microwave ovens.

The real problem is getting the appliance manufacturer to install a 240V
rated switch before the power supply where they would prefer to install a
low voltage switch after the power supply. Most portable radios have this
problem even though they don't have a display to power.

Insulating houses better and using solar hot water are more important uses
of effort, but when a TV + set top box can use 50 Watts all the time, and
if there is another 150 Watts of phantom loads around the house, the energy
use adds up to quite a lot over the years. It only goes unnoticed because
electric power is so cheap.

Chris
 
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Ken Taylor wrote:


I don't really have a beef with the idea of not using power when it
isn't required, but if these facilities aren't required, then they
shouldn't be put in. In fact, since the energy-conscious people feel
so strongly, they should invest in producing and selling appliances
which don't have the clocks and so forth, and which power down after
some interval or incident so that they have to be powered up again.
Let's see if these appliances sell better than the current crop.



I thought those cheap two knob microwaves: timer and power setting were
only turned on when the timer knob was set. These would use no
quiescient current you'd think.
Click to expand...
Then they are the ones to get if you're worried about idle power usage. If
they're cheap enough then maybe they'll make an impact.

Cheers.

Ken
 
Ken Taylor wrote:

"Chris Jones" <lugnut808@nospam.yahoo.com> wrote in message
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Ken Taylor wrote:

Ed - wrote:
I know that here in WA supply capacity is a "potential" problem during
hot weather, but standby power consumption is not an issue for peak
demand calculations but rather part of a push for overall energy
efficiency in the home.

see it as that home x millions x year after year after year.

clocks in various appliances are often on different times or flashing
00:00 and are a TOTAL waste of energy, and if you are not there to see
the time, what is the point of its existence?

Granted, but that's not the entirety of the issue. The amount of extra
energy by having a clock function on the appliance is insignificant
given that it won't be switched off at the wall anyway. People just
*aren't* going to reach around and turn the things off at the wall. Do
you??

What's the % of power to be saved here, compared to efficiencies to be
gained by using energy efficient appliances and homes/buildings,
greater use of solar heating, and back-feeding to the grid? What about
commercial lighting left on inappropriately? The bureaucratic easy-fix
is a crock.

Cheers.

Ken

In the life of many microwave ovens more than 50% of the energy would be
used in running the clock, and less than 50% in running the microwave
part.
Get yourself a good energy meter and try it in your house. Obviously if
you use the microwave to cook 50 dinners every day then this will not be
the case for you but it is often true. Still TVs are probably far more
wasteful than microwave ovens.

The real problem is getting the appliance manufacturer to install a 240V
rated switch before the power supply where they would prefer to install a
low voltage switch after the power supply. Most portable radios have
this problem even though they don't have a display to power.

Insulating houses better and using solar hot water are more important
uses of effort, but when a TV + set top box can use 50 Watts all the
time, and if there is another 150 Watts of phantom loads around the
house, the
energy
use adds up to quite a lot over the years. It only goes unnoticed
because electric power is so cheap.

Chris

Quick calculation here - an 800W microwave on for, say, 30 min's a day.
That's 1/50th of the day - is the clock going to consume 16W? Maybe, but I
doubt it (OP referenced an article which I admittedly bagged which
suggested 4.5W for the clocks, so there's a comparism). And it doesn't
matter if the unused clock is in a TV, a VCR or a microwave - if it's
unused, it's wasteful. Interesting point though - how much power does a
'normal' TV use in standby? Must find a spec.....
Click to expand...
I suggest you get a power meter and measure it.

I don't really have a beef with the idea of not using power when it isn't
required, but if these facilities aren't required, then they shouldn't be
put in. In fact, since the energy-conscious people feel so strongly, they
should invest in producing and selling appliances which don't have the
clocks and so forth, and which power down after some interval or incident
so that they have to be powered up again. Let's see if these appliances
sell better than the current crop.

I'd suggest not - people want gizmos and ease-of-use, and getting up off
your arse and switching something back on just isn't going to cut it. The
idea of going over and switching off (or unplugging, for Christ's sake!)
at the wall is just ludicrous. It's a waste of time to even suggest this
nonsense and devalues the idea of total energy conservation. We should be
paying attention to the major issues of our power problems, not pissing
about the edges, easy though it is to talk about it.

As for power being cheap - do *you* want to pay more? And the fact that
the peak occurs at night is irrelevant too - the idea is to gain total
systemic efficiencies, which just isn't occurring now.
Click to expand...
I wouldn't mind paying more for power. If you think about it, for the rate
of pay most people in wealthy countries earn per hour, you could probably
buy 200kW (or often much more) of electric power for the same number of
hours. That's a lot of power and I reckon that it is fantastically cheap.
If you work out the amount of effort it would be to generate even 1kW for
yourself, it is amazing how cheap electric power is.

As you say there are more effective things to do than switching off the TV
at the socket, and insulating your house or installing a solar water heater
would be good choices, but if I had the choice of a TV that used 0.1W
instead of 10W when it is off, then it would be a worthwhile feature to me.
Any consumption of resources which people do not derive some enjoyment from
is wasteful, in my opinion. I would rather that those resources be
preserved so that someone (maybe me) could enjoy the benefits of consuming
them later. I also disagree with the popular belief that each generation
of people should be more numerous than the previous one so that the older
generation can enjoy a large pension and the young generation can pay low
taxes. The logical conclusion is that at some time there will be a
sufficient number of people that life becomes less enjoyable because the
total resources available divided by the number of people is not enough per
person in order to lead a pleasant life. Some would say that this
situation was passed a while ago.

Chris
 
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Ken Taylor wrote:

Ed - wrote:
I know that here in WA supply capacity is a "potential" problem
during hot weather, but standby power consumption is not an issue for
peak demand calculations but rather part of a push for overall energy
efficiency in the home.

see it as that home x millions x year after year after year.

clocks in various appliances are often on different times or flashing
00:00 and are a TOTAL waste of energy, and if you are not there to
see the time, what is the point of its existence?

Granted, but that's not the entirety of the issue. The amount of extra
energy by having a clock function on the appliance is insignificant
given that it won't be switched off at the wall anyway. People just
*aren't* going to reach around and turn the things off at the wall. Do
you??

What's the % of power to be saved here, compared to efficiencies to be
gained by using energy efficient appliances and homes/buildings,
greater
use of solar heating, and back-feeding to the grid? What about
commercial lighting left on inappropriately? The bureaucratic easy-fix
is a crock.

Cheers.

Ken

In the life of many microwave ovens more than 50% of the energy would be
used in running the clock, and less than 50% in running the microwave
part.
Get yourself a good energy meter and try it in your house. Obviously if
you use the microwave to cook 50 dinners every day then this will not be
the case for you but it is often true. Still TVs are probably far more
wasteful than microwave ovens.

The real problem is getting the appliance manufacturer to install a 240V
rated switch before the power supply where they would prefer to install
a
low voltage switch after the power supply. Most portable radios have
this
problem even though they don't have a display to power.

Insulating houses better and using solar hot water are more important
uses
of effort, but when a TV + set top box can use 50 Watts all the time,
and if there is another 150 Watts of phantom loads around the house, the
energy
use adds up to quite a lot over the years. It only goes unnoticed
because
electric power is so cheap.

Chris

Quick calculation here - an 800W microwave on for, say, 30 min's a day.
That's 1/50th of the day - is the clock going to consume 16W? Maybe, but
I doubt it (OP referenced an article which I admittedly bagged which
suggested
4.5W for the clocks, so there's a comparism). And it doesn't matter if
the unused clock is in a TV, a VCR or a microwave - if it's unused, it's
wasteful. Interesting point though - how much power does a 'normal' TV
use in standby? Must find a spec.....

Here's one I chose at random:

http://www.sonystyle.com/is-bin/INTERSHOP.enfinity/eCS/Store/en/-
/USD/SY_DisplayProductInformation-Start?CategoryName=hid_tv_BRAVIA
&ProductSKU=KDLV32XBR1&TabName=specs&var2=

I'll quote:

Standby power consumption = 0.15W

Now, let's get with the programme and switch to Solar power for hot water
and forget this silliness about standby power consumption figures. I can't
find the reference, but I recall that the US EPA legislated that all
devices which use standby power must reduce the level to below 1 Watt, by
such and such a date. It would seem that Sony (at least) have managed this
trivial piece of engineering.

Now, let's discuss something meaningful: Does anyone have experience with
a good, stainless steel Solar hot water system? THAT is the way I am going
to reduce my power consumption. I've just chucked out my 125 Watt flood
lights in my XLTastic heater/light/fan systems. I installed these new
Philips, warm white 23 Watt compact flurous. Very impressive. Brighter
than the floods and only 7 Bucks! Stick your worries about standby power
figures up yer bum. It's a complete furphy.


Yes if your TV only uses 0.15W that is fine. If your TV + set top box uses
Click to expand...
40 Watts all the time, as I measured in my parent's house, then that is
worth thinking about. (The TV by itself was about 10W switched off with
the remote.) Even if you don't give a rat's arse about the environment,
40W is roughly $35 a year, so if you keep your TV + set top box for say 10
years then it should be worth spending at least $100 to buy ones more like
the one you mentioned above, even when you factor in the interest rate that
you could get on that $100. Personally I don't like the waste of resources
either but most people don't care about that.

And yes I agree with you that the solar water heater is a good idea and the
compact fluoros too.

Chris
 
Chris Jones wrote:
Trevor Wilson wrote:


"Ken Taylor" <ken@home.nz> wrote in message
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Ken Taylor wrote:


Ed - wrote:

I know that here in WA supply capacity is a "potential" problem
during hot weather, but standby power consumption is not an issue for
peak demand calculations but rather part of a push for overall energy
efficiency in the home.

see it as that home x millions x year after year after year.

clocks in various appliances are often on different times or flashing
00:00 and are a TOTAL waste of energy, and if you are not there to
see the time, what is the point of its existence?


Granted, but that's not the entirety of the issue. The amount of extra
energy by having a clock function on the appliance is insignificant
given that it won't be switched off at the wall anyway. People just
*aren't* going to reach around and turn the things off at the wall. Do
you??

What's the % of power to be saved here, compared to efficiencies to be
gained by using energy efficient appliances and homes/buildings,
greater
use of solar heating, and back-feeding to the grid? What about
commercial lighting left on inappropriately? The bureaucratic easy-fix
is a crock.

Cheers.

Ken

In the life of many microwave ovens more than 50% of the energy would be
used in running the clock, and less than 50% in running the microwave

part.

Get yourself a good energy meter and try it in your house. Obviously if
you use the microwave to cook 50 dinners every day then this will not be
the case for you but it is often true. Still TVs are probably far more
wasteful than microwave ovens.

The real problem is getting the appliance manufacturer to install a 240V
rated switch before the power supply where they would prefer to install
a
low voltage switch after the power supply. Most portable radios have
this
problem even though they don't have a display to power.

Insulating houses better and using solar hot water are more important
uses
of effort, but when a TV + set top box can use 50 Watts all the time,
and if there is another 150 Watts of phantom loads around the house, the

energy

use adds up to quite a lot over the years. It only goes unnoticed
because
electric power is so cheap.

Chris

Quick calculation here - an 800W microwave on for, say, 30 min's a day.
That's 1/50th of the day - is the clock going to consume 16W? Maybe, but
I doubt it (OP referenced an article which I admittedly bagged which
suggested
4.5W for the clocks, so there's a comparism). And it doesn't matter if
the unused clock is in a TV, a VCR or a microwave - if it's unused, it's
wasteful. Interesting point though - how much power does a 'normal' TV
use in standby? Must find a spec.....

Here's one I chose at random:

http://www.sonystyle.com/is-bin/INTERSHOP.enfinity/eCS/Store/en/-
/USD/SY_DisplayProductInformation-Start?CategoryName=hid_tv_BRAVIA
&ProductSKU=KDLV32XBR1&TabName=specs&var2=

I'll quote:

Standby power consumption = 0.15W

Now, let's get with the programme and switch to Solar power for hot water
and forget this silliness about standby power consumption figures. I can't
find the reference, but I recall that the US EPA legislated that all
devices which use standby power must reduce the level to below 1 Watt, by
such and such a date. It would seem that Sony (at least) have managed this
trivial piece of engineering.

Now, let's discuss something meaningful: Does anyone have experience with
a good, stainless steel Solar hot water system? THAT is the way I am going
to reduce my power consumption. I've just chucked out my 125 Watt flood
lights in my XLTastic heater/light/fan systems. I installed these new
Philips, warm white 23 Watt compact flurous. Very impressive. Brighter
than the floods and only 7 Bucks! Stick your worries about standby power
figures up yer bum. It's a complete furphy.



Yes if your TV only uses 0.15W that is fine. If your TV + set top box uses
40 Watts all the time, as I measured in my parent's house, then that is
worth thinking about. (The TV by itself was about 10W switched off with
the remote.) Even if you don't give a rat's arse about the environment,
40W is roughly $35 a year, so if you keep your TV + set top box for say 10
years then it should be worth spending at least $100 to buy ones more like
the one you mentioned above, even when you factor in the interest rate that
you could get on that $100. Personally I don't like the waste of resources
either but most people don't care about that.

And yes I agree with you that the solar water heater is a good idea and the
compact fluoros too.

Chris

I can agree with what you're saying but I think your priorities are
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wrong. When you're travelling at 100km/hr towards a cliff you don't
check that rear-view mirror is correctly adjusted. :)

Seriously, if, as has been said elsewhere, standby power consumption is
coming down to about 1% of the present amount, then we're heading in the
right direction (ie. cliff being averted). This is a good thing. But the
heating thing is still the major area.

Cheers.

Ken
 
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I know that here in WA supply capacity is a "potential" problem during
hot weather, but standby power consumption is not an issue for peak
demand calculations but rather part of a push for overall energy
efficiency in the home.

see it as that home x millions x year after year after year.

clocks in various appliances are often on different times or flashing
00:00 and are a TOTAL waste of energy, and if you are not there to see
the time, what is the point of its existence?

I hope your not a 12 oclock flasher !!!!!!!!!!



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:
: "Ed -" <spam-me@nsa.gov> wrote in message
: news:dpnasc$m49$1@news-02.connect.com.au...
: > Energy saving tip #6: The Phantom Load!
______________________________
: > Want to chill out and watch a movie? It's a great idea and easy to
do,
: > considering the typical family owns two televisions, one VCR or DVD
: > player and a cable/satellite or game system box. Those appliances
have a
: > combined energy consumption of about 500 kilowatts for one year,
which
: > is more than an energy efficient refrigerator.
:
: Forgive me, but this is about 1.4kW per day; that's a whole lot of
devices
: at the stated 4.5W each. If you had 20 such devices it'd still only be
less
: than 400kWhr per year. And how much would you save? Are you paying
$0.15 per
: kWhr? What's that - $60?? Scale it by your real cost of power and see
if
: it's worthwhile.
:
: It's a total crock, put out by bureaucrats who get a pass mark for
putting
: out edicts telling people how to run their lives, rather than doing
: something useful, like increasing supply capacity where needed.
:
: Ken
:
:




one hell of a misconception

news flash

Halogen lights are worse than normal lights. people think that because
they are low voltage they are efficient.
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**They ARE more efficient than regular incanescent. Not by a huge amount
though.

Have you seen how hot they get and how
hot the transformers get.
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**Two words: 'Electronic transformers'. Additionally, a transformer SHOULD
incur a penalty of around 10-20% at most. That still puts halogens higher
than incandescent in the efficiency stakes. Running lots of halogens from a
single transformer will increase efficiency still further.

This is all waste energy. all halogen light
fittings are made of high temp ceramic and the cables are made of high
temp insulation because they get so hot. when installing them in a
ceiling there the manufacture specifies 150mm diameter with no insulation
compared with 100mm for a standard 240v recess downlight. these are
things that we aren't told when we buy these things. I wonder how many
people who are over fussed on energy saving put these lights in because
they think they are efficient.
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**They buy them because they look trendy. People don't care about
efficiency. If they did, then they'd be using Solar heating for their hot
water.


--
Trevor Wilson
www.rageaudio.com.au
 
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I know that here in WA supply capacity is a "potential" problem
during
hot weather, but standby power consumption is not an issue for peak
demand calculations but rather part of a push for overall energy
efficiency in the home.

see it as that home x millions x year after year after year.

clocks in various appliances are often on different times or flashing
00:00 and are a TOTAL waste of energy, and if you are not there to
see
the time, what is the point of its existence?

I hope your not a 12 oclock flasher !!!!!!!!!!



"Ken Taylor" <ken@home.nz> wrote in message
news:ywIvf.13192$vH5.677589@news.xtra.co.nz...
:
: "Ed -" <spam-me@nsa.gov> wrote in message
: news:dpnasc$m49$1@news-02.connect.com.au...
: > Energy saving tip #6: The Phantom Load!
______________________________
: > Want to chill out and watch a movie? It's a great idea and easy
to
do,
: > considering the typical family owns two televisions, one VCR or
DVD
: > player and a cable/satellite or game system box. Those appliances
have a
: > combined energy consumption of about 500 kilowatts for one year,
which
: > is more than an energy efficient refrigerator.
:
: Forgive me, but this is about 1.4kW per day; that's a whole lot of
devices
: at the stated 4.5W each. If you had 20 such devices it'd still only
be
less
: than 400kWhr per year. And how much would you save? Are you paying
$0.15 per
: kWhr? What's that - $60?? Scale it by your real cost of power and
see
if
: it's worthwhile.
:
: It's a total crock, put out by bureaucrats who get a pass mark for
putting
: out edicts telling people how to run their lives, rather than doing
: something useful, like increasing supply capacity where needed.
:
: Ken
:
:




one hell of a misconception

news flash

Halogen lights are worse than normal lights. people think that because
they are low voltage they are efficient.

**They ARE more efficient than regular incanescent. Not by a huge amount
though.

Have you seen how hot they get and how
hot the transformers get.

**Two words: 'Electronic transformers'. Additionally, a transformer
SHOULD
incur a penalty of around 10-20% at most. That still puts halogens higher
than incandescent in the efficiency stakes. Running lots of halogens from
a
single transformer will increase efficiency still further.

Transformers AC that is are far more efficient than your stating ,
normally
95-98 percent
Click to expand...
**Depends on the transformer. Go talk to a transformer manufacturer and get
back to me. Some, cheap, crappy halogen transformers are probably no better
than 70% efficient (my seat-of-the-pants guesstimate).


--
Trevor Wilson
www.rageaudio.com.au
 
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