[Shop-talk] Trickle Chargers - operating Costs

[Richard George]

Doug ,
>
> My candidate for the most pointless waste of
> electricity is my Verizon Fios Cable-TV box.  It uses
> a constant 30 watts whether it is turned on or off.
>   
And Verizon charges you for the privilege of burning the power :-)

rkg
(Richard George)
> Doug
>
>
>   
>> Then I did some math.  Damn -- even if it averages a
>> mere 20W 
>> continuous, that's 175 KWHr/year or 14.6/month; 
>> which would run me 
>> $14.00/yr $1.17/mo.  Hmm, apparently the little crap
>> is worthy of more 
>> attention than I thought.
>>
>>    -Wayne
>>     
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