[Elecraft] K3EXREF Query
Edward R Cole
kl7uw at acsalaska.net
Wed Oct 15 12:29:42 EDT 2014
Lynn,
That was a guess and probably way too high. I have 3-year old
46-inch LED flat-screen. But also a home theater receiver rated to
125w audio and two DVD drives, a VCR and satellite receiver. So all
the remote control power supplies do add up - to what? I do not know
- haven't measured the total load.
But since the TV is on from 5pm-10pm and off the rest of the day it
seems there would be some savings by disconnecting the ac power. We
have a six outlet strip which makes that simple. It does reduce fire hazard.
On the other hand I keep my Astron station 12v supply on full time
which supplies the OCXO, so I do not have any delay waiting for it to
stabilize. I have my ham gear on more frequently than the TV.
We make a pot of coffee (fresh ground) in the morning and turn-off
the maker after it finishes. Coffee pot draws quite big load keeping
water and coffee pot hot. And that only ruins the coffee. We just
reheat a cup in the microwave when we want hot coffee. Do we save
any power this way?? But the coffee tastes better :-)
73, Ed
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From: "Lynn W. Taylor, WB6UUT" <KX3 at ColdRocksHotBrooms.com>
To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3EXREF Query
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On 10/14/2014 2:47 PM, Edward R Cole wrote:
> Leave your TV plugged in but turned off and it still consumes about 50w.
You need to buy a new TV. The new ones are under a half-watt when
plugged in but turned off.
73, Ed - KL7UW
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