standby power consumption

  • 1Standby power — Standby power, also called vampire power, phantom load, 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 electricity vampire is a power adapter… …

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  • 2Power strip — Power bar redirects here. For the manufacturer of energy food products, see PowerBar. French/Belgian power strip A power strip (also known as an extension block, power board and by many other variations) is a block of electrical sockets that… …

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  • 3Power management — is a feature of some electrical appliances, especially copiers, computers and computer peripherals such as monitors and printers, that turns off the power or switches the system to a low power state when inactive. One power management standard… …

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  • 4Power supply unit (computer) — Power supply unit with top cover removed A power supply unit (PSU) supplies direct current (DC) power to the other components in a computer. It converts general purpose alternating current (AC) electric power from the mains (110 V to… …

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  • 5Power outage — A power outage (also known as power cut , power failure , power loss , or blackout ) is the loss of the electricity supply to an area.The reasons for a power failure can for instance be a defect in a power station, damage to a power line or other …

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  • 6Intermittent power source — [ Erie Shores Wind Farm monthly output over a two year period] An intermittent power source is a source of electric power generation that may be uncontrollably variable or more intermittent than conventional power sources, and therefore non… …

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  • 7Smart power grid — Smart Grid is a transformed electricity transmission and distribution network or grid that uses robust two way communications, advanced sensors, and distributed computers to improve the efficiency, reliability and safety of power delivery and use …

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  • 8No load power — consumption is the electric power consumed by a power charger when it is plugged into a wall socket but without the mobile phone or other handheld device being connected. This wasted power is often incorrectly labeled as standby power, which… …

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  • 9Fossil-fuel power station — A working coal plant in Rochester, Minnesota The St. Clair Power Plant, a large coal fired ge …

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  • 10Economics of new nuclear power plants — The economics of new nuclear power plants is a controversial subject, since there are diverging views on this topic, and multi billion dollar investments ride on the choice of an energy source. Nuclear power plants typically have high capital… …

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