16 Jan
2006
16 Jan
'06
1:01 a.m.
So? DEC did that in their power controllers. I am
quite sure you have
plenty of trnasformers powered all the time anyway -- the doorbell,
the
clock/timer in the cooker/microwave oven, the
VCR, ATX PSUs, etc....
OK,
some of those are SMPSUs running in standby mode,
but the point is
that
there's plenty of circuity energised all the
time.
Not really - I make a point of avoiding things that draw power when
they're not in use. I want to keep as much stuff as I can when I move
back up north, and the house there is going to be off-grid.