power consumption

According to the Wattsup readings, The Power Plant 300 draws about 40 watts with nothing connected to it, about 43 in multiwave mode. My Pass Aleph 3 draws around 200 watts at idle (196 acutally, although I think the PAss docs say 250). Plugged into the PS Audio, the total draw is just under 300 watts. Which suggests that there is some additional overhead in there somewhere (more than 200 + 40), but not a doubling. I'll move some equipment around later and check a few other components (including my Pass X-150 ). --Dan

Question for Jdwek and Drubin (and others) - out of curiosity how much do you pay per unit for your electricity? Be interested to compare your costs with ours here in the UK, thanks, regards, Richard

Hi Richard: 12 to 13 cents per kWh for Edison Co. in LA. Our average monthly consumption is around 300 kWh's and I assume that we are quite frugal as the main consumption is from the Hifi's, the computer and the fridge (no A/C, we have gas appliances and lighting is on the light side:-).

Hello Dekay, thanks for that. Interseting as we pay around 12 cents per kWh (or unit) at peak rate (7am til midnight) and then 3 cents per kWh during the night. Plus 5% tax and also we get "stung" for high standing charges every quarter. Regards, Richard

Richard: We were eligible for a 20% (I think) discount for X amount of months usage, but went over the base line usage (the power company's estimate) and did not qualify. So, there is an incentive, in the system, to lower one's consumption. We went over due to me burning in a bunch of cable 7/24 in April and May, I am certain. I guess that this is a good example of a mute point. I wonder if the rates go higher if one uses a lot more power than we do or goes "way" over the base line? We have a neighbor who runs the A\C all day long (for her dog) and I will take a look at her bill to see if this is the case. It seems that there would be a penalty as well as a discount.