Posted by WW on May 17, 2010, 11:30 pm
> On Tue, 18 May 2010 01:53:25 +0000 (UTC), Glenda Copeland
>>Just bought a dozen Leviton decora single pole 15A 120VAC lighted rocker
>>switches (model 5611, aka model 105-05611-21S).
>>
>>Nothing on the box says how much power each of the lighted bulb uses when
>>the switch is in the off position.
>>
>>Do you know how much power a lighted switch uses?
> About as much as a 110 volt neon bulb. I'm sure you can find specs
> for those a lot of places. But it's very little, just a guess 0.01 to
> 0.1 watts? Let me know what you find out.
mm Close. I get .096 watts with one that has a 150,000 ohm resistor in
series with lamp. So if the utility KW cost $ .10 you can figure out the
rest. WW
Posted by mm on May 17, 2010, 11:56 pm
wrote:
>> On Tue, 18 May 2010 01:53:25 +0000 (UTC), Glenda Copeland
>>
>>>Just bought a dozen Leviton decora single pole 15A 120VAC lighted rocker
>>>switches (model 5611, aka model 105-05611-21S).
>>>
>>>Nothing on the box says how much power each of the lighted bulb uses when
>>>the switch is in the off position.
>>>
>>>Do you know how much power a lighted switch uses?
>>
>> About as much as a 110 volt neon bulb. I'm sure you can find specs
>> for those a lot of places. But it's very little, just a guess 0.01 to
>> 0.1 watts? Let me know what you find out.
>mm Close. I get .096 watts with one that has a 150,000 ohm resistor in
>series with lamp. So if the utility KW cost $ .10 you can figure out the
>rest. WW
This would be about 9 cents a year, if the light is off all year.
Posted by hr(bob) hofmann@att.net on May 18, 2010, 12:04 am
> wrote:
> >> On Tue, 18 May 2010 01:53:25 +0000 (UTC), Glenda Copeland
> >>>Just bought a dozen Leviton decora single pole 15A 120VAC lighted rocker
> >>>switches (model 5611, aka model 105-05611-21S).
> >>>Nothing on the box says how much power each of the lighted bulb uses when
> >>>the switch is in the off position.
> >>>Do you know how much power a lighted switch uses?
> >> About as much as a 110 volt neon bulb. I'm sure you can find specs
> >> for those a lot of places. But it's very little, just a guess 0.01 to
> >> 0.1 watts? Let me know what you find out.
> >mm Close. I get .096 watts with one that has a 150,000 ohm resistor in
> >series with lamp. So if the utility KW cost $ .10 you can figure out the
> >rest. WW
> This would be about 9 cents a year, if the light is off all year.- Hide quoted text -
> - Show quoted text -
Much less than the stand-by power a wall-wart uses even when nothing
is plugged into the wall wart.
Posted by Glenda Copeland on May 18, 2010, 1:08 pm
On Mon, 17 May 2010 21:04:51 -0700 (PDT), hr(bob) hofmann@att.net wrote:
> Much less than the stand-by power a wall-wart uses
What is a wall wart?
Posted by keith on May 18, 2010, 2:58 pm
On May 18, 12:08 pm, Glenda Copeland <gscopel...@Use-Author-Supplied-
Address.invalid> wrote:
> On Mon, 17 May 2010 21:04:51 -0700 (PDT), hr(bob) hofm...@att.net wrote:
> > Much less than the stand-by power a wall-wart uses
> What is a wall wart?
Power supply (AC or DC) that plugs into the wall and has a cord that
attaches to an electronic gadget. It's a bump on the wall, hence
"wall wart".
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>>Just bought a dozen Leviton decora single pole 15A 120VAC lighted rocker
>>switches (model 5611, aka model 105-05611-21S).
>>
>>Nothing on the box says how much power each of the lighted bulb uses when
>>the switch is in the off position.
>>
>>Do you know how much power a lighted switch uses?
> About as much as a 110 volt neon bulb. I'm sure you can find specs
> for those a lot of places. But it's very little, just a guess 0.01 to
> 0.1 watts? Let me know what you find out.