OT: Phantom loads, was RE: Hydrogen fuel debunked

[Chris Meier <ChrisM@pptvision.com>]

Mark, an experiment I've always meant to conduct, is to
measure the inefficiency of different 'size' wall warts.  If
the appliances that use wall warts used a common supply,
and then was sized for maximum wattage draw, would the
AC input wattage be substantially reduced?

As long as I've turned this even more off topic, does anyone
know what X10 rf receiver unit is the most power efficient?

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Mark Hanson [SMTP:mhanson@valcom.com]
> Sent:	Friday, July 30, 1999 7:48 AM
> To:	ev@listproc.sjsu.edu
> Subject:	RE: Hydrogen fuel debunked
> 
> 
> >
> >Can anybody here state how much phantom load they have in their
> house?
> >
> Any device with an infrared detector (remote) uses 3w "ghost load" for
> the
> detector circuit. Add up all those vcr's, tv's, stereos and include
> anything
> with "wall warts" wall transformers too such as remote phones and
> nicad
> based devices like dust busters, battery drills, hedge trimmers etc.
> Multiply by 3 and this is your ghost or phantom load. The typical
> house has
> 60 - 100W of phantom load 24 hours a day like a leaky faucet. Note: if
> the
> appliance has a physical on-off toggle switch then it does not have a
> phantom load.