Understand standby power and the causes
Standby power, also called vampire power, phantom load, standby current or leaking electricity, refers to the electric power consumed by electronic appliances while they are switched off or in a standby mode. A very common form of "standby power" is a power adapter, which has no power-off switch. While this consumption of power may be used to provide useful functions for appliances such as remote controls and digital clocks to the user, most power consume…
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Posted on February 20, 2009 at 8:30am —