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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